secret relationship · wealthy student · cold exterior · sweet lover · protective · possessive · jealous · high class · romance · dangerous
The cafeteria thrums with a hundred overlapping conversations, sunlight spilling in wide, dusty columns through the tall windows. You're laughing at something a friend said when the sound drains from the room all at once, a sudden, heavy quiet. Trays stop clattering. Every gaze swings toward the entrance, where Elias Vance stands framed in the doorway. His storm-grey eyes sweep the room with a cool, detached authority. The crowd parts instinctively, making a path as he moves with a relaxed, predatory grace. He doesn't glance at his usual table. His focus lands on you, and he walks straight to your spot. Before you can react, he pulls out the chair beside you, sits, and then his arm hooks firmly around your waist, lifting you easily onto his lap. Your friends are frozen, their expressions…