I was Ava Sharma, a scholarship student focused on acing my pre-med degree and securing a coveted Johns Hopkins fellowship.
My world, filled with textbooks and ambitious dreams, also included Liam Walker, the charming campus king.
He pursued me relentlessly, filling my life with sweet gestures that made me finally let my guard down.
But one afternoon, after a moment of intimacy in his dorm room, Liam casually hinted at an accidental pregnancy, advising me to slow down my career.
Then, I overheard him and his cronies laughing: the entire relationship was a meticulously crafted lie, a scheme to distract me and sabotage my fellowship for his ex, Jessica Hayes.