Senior Year, Stubborn Hearts For Iris, high school is best viewed through a screen, where the plot is structured, the suffering is contained, and the promise of a satisfying ending is guaranteed. Her whole life is an attempt to escape the messy, suffocating predictability of her small town and the chaos of The Quartet—her twin, Maya, and their fiercely complicated best friends, Chloe and Jenna. Iris’s exit strategy is simple: win the prestigious International Futures Scholarship and earn a one-way ticket to Scotland. The scholarship isn't just tuition; it’s freedom from the girls who are her entire world, and a chance to finally outrun the anxieties that haunt her. But the moment the scholarship finalists are announced, Iris's dream is ripped from the confines of her quiet room and thrown onto the biggest stage play of her life. She is forced to compete in a public, high-stakes battle against the impossibly perfect and terrifyingly poised Serena David, the girl who embodies everything Iris fears. As the brutal competition unfolds, Iris finds herself navigating public scrutiny, escalating drama among her friends, and the painful confusion of her twin sister. To win her freedom, she must step into the relentless spotlight and betray the very essence of her introverted self. How can Iris fight a public war for her future when every victory means getting closer to abandoning the only people who know her true plot? And will she survive the battle with Serena, or will she discover that her biggest fight is against the stubborn heart holding her to the home she desperately needs to leave?

THE IDOL’S OBSESSIONThe stage was her escape. His spotlight became her gilded cage. For Idol Pearl, her music career is the only thing keeping her afloat. She lives for the music, unaware that her raw talent and fierce independence have drawn the eye of the one man who owns the entire world she operates in: Mu. Mu is the emperor of the entertainment industry—cold, untouchable, and dangerously bored. When he sees Pearl, his detached interest calcifies into a singular, suffocating obsession. He doesn't just want a collaboration; he wants ownership. He offers Pearl a song-collaboration contract, an irresistible opportunity that demands absolute obedience and terrifying proximity. Mu systematically dismantles every boundary, blurring the lines between mentor and master, fan and predator. As her stardom explodes, Pearl realizes the cost of Mu’s control goes far beyond her music. She is trapped in a glamorous world where every shared look is a command, and the only path to freedom might be total ruin. He started with her career. He won't stop until he owns her soul.