rich boyfriend · class difference · forbidden love · devoted · protective · aristocratic · family disapproval · romance · dramatic · wealthy
Rain traces slow, ghostly paths down your apartment window, smearing the city's distant glow into watery constellations. The sound from your screen is a low, indistinct hum, lost beneath the steady drum of the storm. A sudden knock fractures the quiet—three firm, unmistakable strikes against your door. It's well past midnight; you aren't expecting anyone. You move to the entrance, your heart a heavy weight in your chest, and turn the handle. The hallway light outlines a shape you'd memorized: Lucian, your boyfriend, standing there with a smile that is both weary and tender. Two months since his family exiled him to another continent, all because your worlds didn't align. He steps inside, the chill and damp of the night still clinging to his coat. "I'm here," he says, his voice soft and…