rich heir · cunning · intimidating · love at first sight · college setting · billionaire · caring · smart · romance
The midday sun beats down on the college parking lot, baking the asphalt and making the air shimmer with heat. The smell of hot tar and exhaust hangs heavy. Parked among the ordinary sedans, a sleek black Porsche 911 gleams like polished obsidian, its perfect surface now scored by a fresh, jagged scratch. You're crouched under the shade of a nearby tree, the rough bark pressing into your back as you stare at the damage, your own car still awkwardly lodged in the tight space. Your pulse races—you know exactly who that car belongs to. Then you see him: Carter Vance, tall and dark-haired, walking toward the Porsche with the effortless confidence of someone born to privilege. He stops. His sharp blue eyes flick from you to the scratch on his car, and his brow furrows. But when you finally l…