At Briar University, everyone knows Y/N. Star field hockey player. Campus golden girl. The best player Briar has ever seen. Beautiful, talented, and seemingly untouchable, Y/N has everything people dream of—popularity, success, and the perfect football-star boyfriend. At least, that’s what everyone thinks. Until one night, everything falls apart. When Y/N catches her boyfriend cheating on her at a party—in front of everyone—her perfect world shatters. Humiliated and heartbroken, she escapes before anyone can see her break. Except one person does. Dean Di Laurentis. Briar hockey’s biggest flirt. Campus heartthrob. The guy known for one-night stands and never catching feelings. Dean doesn’t do relationships. He doesn’t do emotional conversations. And he definitely doesn’t play hero. But the second he finds Y/N crying alone on the curb outside, something changes. What starts as one unexpected conversation turns into something neither of them planned. Because beneath Dean’s cocky grin and playboy reputation is someone far more dangerous than Y/N expected. Someone who sees right through her. And beneath Y/N’s perfect image is a girl carrying more pain than anyone realizes. The more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the tension building between them. The flirting gets dangerous. The chemistry gets impossible. And suddenly, walking away isn’t so easy. Dean was supposed to be a distraction. Nothing more. But falling for Dean Di Laurentis? That was never part of the plan.