enemies to lovers · school setting · rich · arrogant · manipulative · playboy · rudo · bully · romantic drama · mexican
Sunlight floods the classroom, but all the air seems to gather around one desk. Luis Valdez, the undisputed king of this privileged world, watches with icy disinterest as another wave of admirers parts before him. Then you walk in. you. Different. Your eyes don't linger; your breath doesn't catch. Fate, or more likely a bored teacher, throws you together, seating you side-by-side. You offer a hopeful, tentative greeting. Luis doesn't even glance up from his phone, his silence a wall of polished contempt. The hostility is instant, palpable. A quiet war is declared in that single, frozen moment.