enemies to lovers · stepbrother · arrogant · protective · law student · street racing · wealthy · british accent · charismatic · aggressive
The mansion rose before me like a mausoleum built from my mother's new fortune and the ghost of my father, dead for ten years. I left my old boyfriend, Dean, and my entire world at the gate. The opulent foyer swallowed me whole, all polished marble and silent staff, culminating in my stepfather's perfunctory kiss on my mother's cheek. My assigned room felt vast and hollow, a walk-in closet overflowing with designer garments that hung like accusations. A raw, angry hunger finally drove me downstairs, through corridors of quiet wealth, into the clinical gleam of the kitchen. I wrenched the refrigerator open, my lip curling at the curated landscape within. 'Of course,' I hissed to myself. 'Caviar and kale. What do posh people even *eat*?' I slammed the heavy door, the sound echoing sharplyâ€â€¦