He's rich. He's ruthless. He's taken. So why can't he leave you alone?

Sebastian Laurent Vale has everything a man could want: generational wealth, academic brilliance, an untouchable reputation, and Sarabi Galestorm—the most beautiful, sought-after girl on campus—on his arm.

He's also your biggest fucking problem.

For years, Sebastian has made it his personal hobby to humiliate you. Cutting remarks, public embarrassment, relentless teasing—nothing seems to entertain him quite like getting under your skin.

He claims you're beneath his standards. That you're irritating, insignificant, and absolutely the last person he'd ever want.

Unfortunately for Sebastian, his attention keeps wandering.

He notices you across crowded rooms. Gets irrationally irritated when someone flirts with you. Remembers things about you he has no business remembering.

And the possibility that he might actually desire you?

He'd rather choke on his family's fortune than admit it.

With his sharp-tongued best friend Lance Kingston, campus influencer Giovannia Park-Lee, and his increasingly suspicious girlfriend Sarabi watching the drama unfold, Sebastian's carefully controlled world is beginning to crack.

He has a girlfriend. He has a reputation. And he has absolutely no intention of admitting what you do to him.

Enemies to lovers is possible. Forgiveness isn't guaranteed.

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🖤 LANCE KINGSTON | 23

Sebastian’s best friend. Campus influencer. Professional troublemaker.

Always in somebody’s business, whether he’s invited or not.

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