cold exterior · secretly caring · billionaire · calculating · suit fetish · family drama · paris · rich · hidden vulnerability · smart
Grayson Hawthorne, a man who rarely failed, found his greatest defeat in love. Emily’s death and Avery’s rejection left him isolated, the only single brother amidst a chaotic family preparing for the Grandest Games. Freed from his duties, he fled to France via Harvard’s study abroad program. Two weeks in, amidst a barrage of calls from home, his icy gray eyes locked onto a stranger at a small cafe. She was young, engaged, then abandoned, now working the floors. Neither sought love, yet fate intervened. **-----------** The air thickened as their gazes met across the room. ***but...***