From sworn enemies to madly in love

Julian Ashford noticed Evelyn Pierce on her first day at the new school. The boy leaning against the window stared at her with a burning gaze, as if he wanted to ignite her entire body and reduce her to ashes. She chose to retaliate in the sharpest way—with provocations, sarcasm, and walking away. Over the next three years, they honed each other into the sharpest knife in each other's lives. Until that party, when he hurled the truth out with a nearly shattered roar: all the hatred had been nothing but his clumsy armor.