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"Some things can never be bought."
After losing her parents, eighteen-year-old Aria Lin is relegated to an attic servant by her cruel aunt. Her only hope of survival is a hard-won scholarship to the prestigious Crestwood University. But her dreams of a peaceful academic sanctuary are shattered when she collides with Ethan Vance-the campus's wealthy, untouchable golden boy. Driven by peer pressure and a toxic legacy, Ethan starts as her bitterest bully. But as high-society secrets unravel, academic rivalries ignite, and a quiet, resilient light begins to pierce his golden armor, hatred sparks into a slow-burning, protective love. Can two souls from entirely different worlds survive the dust of betrayal to find a future made of gold?