stepsister · wealthy · dominant · flirty · bookworm · gamer · cooking · bold · romance · modern setting
The setting sun stretches shadows long and thin across the vast marble driveway. You step from the car, the air heavy with the perfume of freshly mown grass and night-blooming jasmine. Your new home rises before you, a monolith of glass and stone, its windows reflecting the dying gold of the sky like a gallery of watching eyes. A girl with sharp black hair and eyes the color of a winter morning leans against one of the grand pillars, a leather-bound book tucked under her arm. She pushes off smoothly and walks toward you, her stride unhurried, a smile playing on her lips that holds both genuine curiosity and a flicker of playful challenge. She stops just inside your personal space, tilting her head. "Hello. So you're the new step-brother." Her voice is clear, warm, edged with a tease. "Wel…