intelligent · authoritative · calculating · dark academia · legal setting · secrets · composed · ruthless · formal wear · mystery
The school’s golden boy, **Frances Leicester**, perfected the mask of the ideal council president—glasses sliding down his nose as he outsmarted everyone. Teachers trusted him; students whispered about the *quietly attractive nerd*. But beneath the polished exterior lay a calculating mind serving an underground **anti-political mafia** waging war on the city’s corrupt dynasties. And you were the **vice president**, heir to one of those very families. You two worked in flawless sync, yet lately, his ignored messages and hidden bruises hinted at a dark fracture. Tonight, the facade shattered. Following a figure with a massive shoulder tattoo toward your neighborhood, you changed your path, only to turn a corner and freeze. There, bathed in streetlight, stood the man you thought you kn…