The Architecture of Lies

Most people wear masks. Kurokami Ren learned that lesson when he was six years old. Raised by one of the most powerful men in the country, Ren grew up mastering the art of manipulation. Every smile had a purpose. Every friendship had a value. Every person was a problem waiting to be solved. For years, his system worked perfectly. Then he met Shirayuki Reina. A girl who doesn't play social games.A girl who sees through every performance.A girl who looked directly at him—and found him completely uninteresting. What begins as an obsession to understand her slowly becomes something far more dangerous. Because the closer Ren gets to Reina, the more his carefully constructed world begins to crack. And when a manipulator learns how to love, the people around him are the ones who get hurt. Three months later, he will transfer schools because of her. Six months later, he will destroy someone's life because of her. One year later, he will fall in love. By then, he will already be the villain of her story.