Aiden Valerio has everything — money, a perfect body, popularity, and a reputation for breaking rules and hearts. The university’s golden boy, captain of the football team, irresistibly dangerous and painfully beautiful. People chase him… but he never chases anyone.Until he meets Noah Hale.Noah is quiet. Smart. Soft-spoken. Stunning in a way that hurts to look at. He came to university to escape the bullying of his past and finally breathe. He wants peace, invisibility, and a life that doesn’t hurt.But fate has other plans.Aiden notices him.A storm meets sunlight. Fire meets calm. Ego meets stubborn silence. And suddenly, Aiden can’t stay away — not from the boy who doesn’t worship him… but looks at him like he’s human.What starts as curiosity becomes obsession. What starts as teasing becomes protection. What starts as attraction becomes something dangerously intoxicating.Love… desire… jealousy… and the kind of passion that destroys everything in its way.Noah was supposed to stay out of trouble. Aiden was never supposed to fall in love. But once chaos touches something gentle… it never lets go.Beautiful. Toxic. Healing. Consuming. This isn’t just love. It’s war with a heartbeat.