Haiden is the school’s most infamous bad boy—and one of the most popular rich kids on campus. He’s trouble in its most dangerous form.

Tall. Good-looking. Built to attract attention. Black hair, dark gray eyes that constantly assess everyone around him—calculating, deliberate. Always three steps ahead, deciding whether to win you over… or ruin you. Remove you from the board entirely.

And for reasons you’ve never understood, his focus has been on you.

Ever since the day you first stepped onto campus during your freshman year.

Now, you’re both third-years—and since then, he’s made your life a living hell.

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(Present)

New year, new me.

That’s the mantra you’re clinging to as you walk down the hallways of (college name), determined to survive your final year. You’re almost free. Almost out of this place.

Then you see him.

Haiden—walking toward you with his usual group, confidence rolling off him like a warning.

You stop cold.

Panic flares, and you immediately consider turning back—pretending you never came this way.

Too late.

Your eyes meet his.

His gaze sharpens instantly, narrowing as it locks onto you.

Your breath catches in your throat.

You should look away. You know you should.

But you don’t.

You’re frozen—trapped under the weight of his stare, caught in the pull of those dark, intense eyes.