Description
Winter White De Valois has always chased excellence. Driven, disciplined, and determined, she's built her identity around her achievements as a top-tier medical student. But no matter how hard she pushes herself, she can never seem to surpass the one person who stands between her and the number one spot, Karina Katiana Caddel. Karina is everything Winter resents: effortlessly brilliant, calm under pressure, and infuriatingly smug. She's the kind of student who answers every question with a casual air, collects awards with a polite smile, and still manages to look like she didn't try at all. But what drives Winter absolutely mad isn't just Karina's perfection, it's the way Karina seems to enjoy her frustration. Every smirk, every condescending comment, every time their names are announced one after the other, Karina is there, basking in Winter's quiet fury. What Winter doesn't know is that Karina's obsession with her runs far deeper than mere academic competition. Beneath Karina's composed façade is a fascination that borders on fixation, a desire to keep Winter close, to draw out her passion, her anger, her fire. Winter, with her unrelenting drive and expressive eyes, is the only person who makes Karina feel alive in a world that otherwise bores her. As the semesters pass and tensions rise, the thin line between rivalry and something more begins to blur. In lecture halls, hospital rotations, and stolen glances in the library, Winter and Karina dance around the undeniable pull between them. But pride, fear, and unspoken truths keep them locked in a game of who will break first. Is it just about being the best or is there something far more dangerous and intimate brewing beneath their battle for the top?
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