In the halls of St. Jude’s Academy, two names rule the leaderboard: Jaden Sterling and April Mendoza.
Jaden is the school’s "Golden Boy." With a lethal smile, a billionaire inheritance, and a consistent #1 rank, he is the untouchable idol of every girl and the envy of every guy. April, however, is his polar opposite a scholarship student who balances three part-time jobs and a fierce determination to steal his crown. To her, Jaden is just an arrogant obstacle between her and a full-ride college tuition.
But April’s world flips when she catches the "perfect" Jaden Sterling in a back-alley PC cafe, wearing a hoodie and screaming at a computer screen. It turns out the school’s star student is actually the anonymous, chaotic pro-gamer "JD-Zero" a secret that would destroy his family’s polished reputation.
Desperate to keep his double life hidden, Jaden makes April an offer she can't refuse: He will intentionally sabotage his own grades to give her the #1 spot, but only if she acts as his "manager" and fake girlfriend to keep his parents and his fangirls off his trail.
Between high-stakes exams, secret gaming sessions, and a fake romance that starts feeling all too real, April realizes that Jaden Sterling isn't just the boy who has everything he’s the boy with everything to lose.

The thing about Seo Jun-Ho was that he didn't announce himself.


Most threats at St. Jude's announced themselves. Marcus had announced himself with slammed lockers and bloodshot eyes. Vanessa announced herself with platinum hair and a room that went cold when she entered it. Even Jaden, in the beginning, had announced himself with sandalwood cologne and a finger tapping the #1 spot on the rankings board.


Jun-Ho simply existed. Quietly, precisely, and with the specific quality of someone who had decided long ago that being noticed was a variable he could control.


By Wednesday of his first week, April had three data points.


Chapter 43 - Chapter 43: The Third Data Point