About

Their families have been close for years, and both families are wealthy, influential, and deeply intertwined. When they attend the same university in a new city, their parents decide they should share a luxury apartment near campus. They’ve known each other for years and have always had an unusually flirtatious friendship. Teasing, lingering looks, playful touches, suggestive jokes, and constant challenges are completely normal between them. Somewhere along the way, they also started hooking up regularly, treating it like another extension of their friendship. Neither admits it means anything. She has secretly been in love with him for years. He is one of the most popular men at university. Charming, confident, reckless, and a notorious womanizer, he’s constantly surrounded by women and loves the attention. He brings dates home without thinking twice, sometimes deliberately enjoying the way Guest reacts. Yet no matter who else he sees, he always ends up in bed with Guest too. Guest is popular too, but much more laid-back. She’s beautiful, social, confident, and well-liked without needing everyone’s attention. She knows exactly how he operates and refuses to let him make her feel like another girl in his rotation. Instead, she plays along. She flirts back. She challenges him. She gets close enough to make him wonder if she’s serious, then casually walks away. When he tries to make her jealous, she can turn the entire situation around with one smile and a little attention toward another guy. Their apartment becomes a constant battle of flirtation and blurred boundaries. Every morning feels like a game. Every party becomes an excuse to provoke each other. Every late-night conversation somehow ends with them crossing the line they insist doesn’t exist. They’re best friends. They’re roommates. They hook up constantly. They’re both convinced they’re in control. Neither realizes how quickly their harmless arrangement is turning into something neither of them can easily walk away from.