The Unwanted Pact With My Enemy

Chapter 2

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ainst the polished hardwood fl

tight. The gym was massive, echoing with the s

rescent lights, searching the sea o

into the air, his muscles flexing as he slammed the ball throu

ting in the front row erupt

a sharp whistle

of his sweaty jersey and wiped his face, exp

nstinct screamed at her to turn around and

wove through the crowd of lingering fans

drink. Vesper stepped right in

at her. His eyes scanned her paint-stained flannel and

er voice shook, so she cleared her throat an

w, arrogant smirk. "Are you the

d hot. "It was a for

p off his bottle and took a long

y over the gym noise. "My schedule is packed. I barely have t

e teammates stepp

an excuse?" one of them whistled. "

shrugged, his eyes locked on Vesper

burst into l

per's blood rushed straight to her head.

nvas bag so hard her fingernail

und, shoved her way through the laughing

ir hit her wet cheeks. She hadn't realized she was

wn the tree-lined path toward her dor

to the lock and pushe

eaker. Her roommate, Rowan, was sitting cross-legged

pale face, and immediately hit

oor and face-planted into her pillow.

third roommate, Casey, walked out wi

y asked, oblivious to the tension. "Student Body President Ju

om the mattress. Her heart, which had been heavy with hu

k. The crumpled piece of paper with Slade

s Slade's

orrow night. She was going to see Julian, and she was

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“To keep her art scholarship, Vesper had to complete a life-size woodcarving for her final project. But her randomly assigned model was Slade Forrester, the arrogant basketball captain who had shattered her grandfather's priceless antique carving tools freshman year without a single apology. When Vesper blackmailed him with a ten-thousand-dollar property damage claim to force him into the studio, Slade mercilessly turned the tables. "I'll be your model, but you're going to do something for me in return." He demanded she carve a custom piece to help him woo a girl who hated his guts, and forced Vesper to act as his personal spy. The target turned out to be Vesper's own roommate. To make matters worse, Slade caught onto Vesper's terrifyingly deep, secret crush on his polite roommate, Julian. He ruthlessly weaponized her anxiety, mocking her stuttering panic and trapping her in a twisted mutual-blackmail deal that left her completely suffocated. Exhausted, humiliated, and desperate to escape this nightmare, Vesper logged onto the university portal at 2 AM to register for a quiet online elective where she wouldn't have to see anyone. But the system lagged, locking her out of every normal class and leaving only one open seat in a brutal varsity physical conditioning course. With her required credits and scholarship on the line, she had absolutely no choice but to hit register. Then the syllabus loaded on her screen. The Teaching Assistant for the class was Slade Forrester.”