DC

Winning the $50,000 Alumni Scholarship was supposed to be simple: out-rank Nate Sterling. But when the committee threatens to strip the money away because of your legendary, class-disrupting feud, you’re forced to do the unthinkable—co-chair the Winter Gala and fake-date your ultimate academic rival. To the rest of Oakridge High, you and the school’s golden boy are a completely smitten power couple. Behind closed doors, it’s still pure, cutthroat war. But as late-night study sessions and fake public affection start feeling a little too real, you realize the dangerous part of the protocol isn't keeping up the lie... it's trying not to fall for the enemy.