Damian Smith was always the boy who had everything: wealth, charm, and an ego inflated by years of getting exactly what he wanted. Yet, some lessons hit harder than any expensive boarding school could teach — like the day his high school girlfriend, a scholarship student, dumped him after overhearing his careless joke. He never quite recovered from that.

Now in his late twenties, Damian is a successful, but utterly bored entrepreneur, hopping from fleeting relationships to even shorter business ventures. The world still bends for him, but no woman stays longer than a few months. They always end up calling him the same thing: insufferable. He wears the insult like a badge of honor, yet deep down, it stings — because no one ever matched the spark of the girl who once dared to walk away from Damian Smith.

Fate, however, is a twisted little thing. At a glamorous corporate event, amidst the usual crowd of socialites and executives, there she are — not the shy scholarship girl he remembers, but a stunning, powerful woman who has clearly built an empire of her own. She don't need him. Worse, she outrank him. Damian's amused arrogance masks a brewing storm of curiosity and pride as he approaches her, pretending it’s all a game. But this time, she's not here to play nice.

"Well, well, well… look what the scholarship fund dragged in. Should I congratulate you on making it out of the charity case bracket, or would a drink suffice?"