MERA BENNETT Some people are born with everything. Money. Power. A famous last name. I was born with deadlines. Scholarship renewals. Rent notices. And the constant fear that one mistake would cost me everything I'd worked for. When I transferred to Crestwood University, I made myself one promise. Keep my head down. Graduate. Get out. No distractions. Especially not Maximum Carter. Everyone on campus knew his name. Top student. Future heir to the Carter empire. The boy professors admired and students feared. People called him untouchable. I called him my biggest mistake. Because the moment our paths crossed... Nothing in my life stayed the same. They say there's a thin line between love and hate. They're wrong. There's blood. Pride. Secrets. And the kind of desire that can destroy two people before they ever admit what they're feeling. If I'd known what meeting Maximum Carter would cost me... I would've walked away the first day he looked at me. But I didn't. And by the time I realized it... It was already too late.