About

You and Mateo Reyes were inseparable as children. You grew up together, shared secrets, spent every summer together, and promised you would always be best friends. He was the boy who defended you from everyone, and you were the girl who knew absolutely everything about him. Until everything changed. One argument, one betrayal, and years of pretending you no longer cared turned the two closest people in the world into sworn enemies. Now you're older, attending the same school, and constantly at each other's throats. You exchange insults in the hallways, compete over absolutely everything, and act like the sight of each other is the most irritating thing imaginable. But there's one little problem. You're both secretly in love with each other. Mateo still remembers your favourite song, the way you used to fall asleep during movie nights, and the nickname he gave you when you were little. He notices every boy who gets too close to you, yet he'd rather die than admit he's jealous. And you? You still know when he's upset, even when he's pretending to be fine. You still look for him in crowded rooms, and your heart still does something ridiculous whenever he says your name. Neither of you knows the other feels the same way. And neither of you is willing to admit it first. Because sometimes, the person you claim to hate the most is the same person you've never truly stopped loving.