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Adaline Zaga, a scholarship student at Cornell University, is a soft-spoken and kind-hearted girl who seems to bring warmth wherever she goes. Her focus is on helping her parents, keeping her grades up, and building a bright future for herself. Little did she know, her life would take a turn because of a friendship.
Her path crosses with Grayson Lennox, Cornell's cold yet intriguing star pitcher. Along with his close friends, Dylan Beethoven and Draven Calinford, Grayson gradually becomes a part of Adaline's daily life.
What starts as a simple housekeeping job at his condominium blossoms into a friendship filled with laughter and the discovery of a found family she never knew she needed. As time passes, Adaline finds herself growing closer to Grayson, closer than she ever planned to be.
Despite promising herself she would never fall for someone so cold and mysterious, she finds herself doing just that. This slow-burn romance, filled with friendship, hidden struggles, healing, and gentle love, follows a group of college students as they navigate their dreams, face heartbreaks, and embrace the people who quietly transform their lives forever.
Sometimes, the people who start as strangers become the ones who feel most like home.