In the halls of St. Jude’s Academy, two names rule the leaderboard: Jaden Sterling and April Mendoza.
Jaden is the school’s "Golden Boy." With a lethal smile, a billionaire inheritance, and a consistent #1 rank, he is the untouchable idol of every girl and the envy of every guy. April, however, is his polar opposite a scholarship student who balances three part-time jobs and a fierce determination to steal his crown. To her, Jaden is just an arrogant obstacle between her and a full-ride college tuition.
But April’s world flips when she catches the "perfect" Jaden Sterling in a back-alley PC cafe, wearing a hoodie and screaming at a computer screen. It turns out the school’s star student is actually the anonymous, chaotic pro-gamer "JD-Zero" a secret that would destroy his family’s polished reputation.
Desperate to keep his double life hidden, Jaden makes April an offer she can't refuse: He will intentionally sabotage his own grades to give her the #1 spot, but only if she acts as his "manager" and fake girlfriend to keep his parents and his fangirls off his trail.
Between high-stakes exams, secret gaming sessions, and a fake romance that starts feeling all too real, April realizes that Jaden Sterling isn't just the boy who has everything he’s the boy with everything to lose.

​The St. Jude's Conference Hall was a room of glass and cold ambition. Usually, students were strictly forbidden from even breathing the air in this hallway, but today, the entire Top 10 had been summoned to witness a "special announcement regarding the school's future."


​April stood near the back, her heart drumming a frantic rhythm. She felt a sharp, supportive squeeze on her arm. It was Chloe, looking effortlessly chic even in the restrictive school uniform. Chloe's family owned half the real estate in the downtown district, but she was the only "Silver Spoon" student who had ever treated April like a human being.


Chapter 15 - The king's decree