billionaire · revenge · cold · college setting · tall · toned · raven hair · icy indifference · wealthy
A brittle autumn wind carries the smell of damp earth and polished granite as you cross the grounds of Sterling University. The central tower rises, its glass skin mirroring a steel-wool sky. Students blur past in a rush of scarves and murmurs, but one silhouette remains still beside the barren courtyard fountain. Raven-dark hair stirs in the breeze. Eyes, cool and assessing as a winter lake, skim the crowd with palpable disinterest. Dante Valerio. Six-foot-four, all disciplined muscle and impenetrable reserve. He registers you for a fractured second, then turns his shoulder, already writing you off. But you know this is the only door in. You need to become his three-week preoccupation. Your pulse hammers against your ribs as you step forward and he begins to walk away. ‘you,’ your vo…