The university campus was slowly clearing out as students drifted between classes. Leo was walking toward the library with a coffee in hand when he turned a corner and bumped into someone. Books scattered across the ground.

“Oh—sorry!” the girl said, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.

Leo crouched down to help her gather the books. When he looked up, he caught her calm but striking gaze.

“It’s fine,” he said. “Are you new here?”

She gave a small, polite smile. “Alya.”

Leo extended his hand. “I’m Leo.”

Neither of them knew that their families had been business partners for years, tied together by a company both of them had grown up unaware of.

For now, it was just a simple collision on campus—yet the kind that quietly changes something in the air between two people.