Matthew Lungu

Sixteen-year-old Cole Smith has it all: the prestigious Manhattan name, a luxury penthouse, and a coveted spot at St. Jude's high school. But Cole is a master of masks. Beneath his easy laughter lies a mind battling a heavy internal noise and a secret he's guarded for twelve years: he is deeply, irrevocably in love with his chaotic, caffeine-fueled best friend, Eva Valentine.  ?Safe inside their private nation, Cole would rather live in a beautiful lie than speak the truth.
But the arrival of Ben and Belly Miller, enigmatic twins from London, shifts their predictable world. Weaponized by their predatory father to dismantle the Smith family empire, the twins have two weeks to uncover vulnerabilities. As the high-stakes pressure mounts, the lines between loyalty, love, and betrayal blur, forcing Cole to navigate the cracks in his foundation before reality crumbles.