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    For Phuwin, a scholarship kid at the prestigious Lertrat Grand Institute, survival is a game of invisibility. He lives for the brushstrokes in his sketchbook, capturing the world in charcoal to escape the hum of his flickering apartment lights and the chill of skipped meals.

    Then there is Pond Naravit.

    The heir to the empire that owns the very air Phuwin breathes. He is "Old Money" personified, a "statue in a suit" who should never have noticed a smudge of charcoal like Phuwin.

    But a single, unauthorized sketch in a back-row seat changes everything. What begins as a moment of terrifying exposure, a ride in a matte-black sedan and a phone left as a provocation, spirals into a world of gilded cages and electric tension. As Pond begins to claim ownership over Phuwin’s talent and his time, Phuwin must decide if he is being rescued or merely becoming another exhibit in the Naravit collection.

    In a world of marble and glass, Phuwin sought to capture the "truth" of Pond Naravit. He didn't expect to find a man who was just as trapped by his legacy as Phuwin was by his poverty.

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