The Art of Not Falling 2
The Art of Not Falling At Blackwood University, where legacy and ambition collide, Sophie Aldrin is untouchable. Sharp mind, sharper tongue—she’s the kind of brilliant that turns professors into fans and students into competition. Her GPA is flawless, her future meticulously planned, and her patience? Practically nonexistent. Especially for people like Ethan Vale—the quiet, perpetually unbothered rich boy who strolls through life like he’s on a leisurely holiday. Ethan is an enigma. He drifts into class five minutes late, half-asleep, and still walks away with the highest grade. He’s the guy who somehow knows exactly how much effort he needs to exert and never an inch more. Sophie should hate him. She does hate him—his maddening calm, his infuriating ability to turn her perfectly-crafted insults back on her with nothing more than a lazy smirk. Then comes the mistake. An administrative mix-up lands Sophie as Ethan’s tutor, a situation that should be beneath her—except he’s failing a class he shouldn’t be failing. At all. And when Sophie pokes at the mystery, she finds something she never expected: a mind as sharp as hers, hidden behind that bored façade. Worse? He enjoys getting under her skin. Sophie is used to winning. Ethan is used to never playing the game at all. But when a high-stakes competition throws them on the same team—her scholarship on the line, his carefully crafted indifference at risk—they’re forced to work together. Or more accurately, spar, bicker, and driv...