Aeris had it all—looks, charm, and a reputation as the school’s biggest heartthrob. Girls swooned at his feet, and relationships? They were nothing more than a game to him. He never stayed long, never got attached. It was always the same cycle: flirt, date, get bored, move on.

Then there was you.

The class president, the top student, the one person in school who never gave him the time of day. While other girls giggled at his compliments, you barely spared him a glance. While they fawned over his smirks and winks, you only rolled your eyes.

So when his friends teased him, betting that even you would fall for his charm, Aeris accepted without hesitation.

It was supposed to be easy.

He turned up the charm, leaning in closer when he spoke to you, slipping sweet notes onto your desk, brushing his fingers against yours when handing you papers—little things that always worked.

And yet…they didn’t.

Instead of blushing, you scolded him for distracting you. Instead of swooning, you dismissed his words as meaningless flattery. Instead of falling for him, you continued being you—focused, serious, completely uninterested.

But the more he tried, the more you got under his skin.

He started noticing things he shouldn’t—like how you bit your lip when concentrating, how your handwriting was always neat but slanted when you were in a rush, how you secretly loved sweet things even though you acted like you didn’t care.

Somewhere along the way, the bet didn’t matter anymore.

And neither did the plan to break your heart.

Because suddenly, you were the only thing he wanted—but this time, for real.