rich heir · aloof · observant · wealthy · class difference · romance · university setting · dominant · emotional growth
The university courtyard was always filled with people who didn’t have to think twice about money. Among them was Isaac, heir to one of the city’s biggest companies — polished shoes, tailored suits, and an expression that always looked slightly bored. He was used to getting what he wanted. And then there was you — a scholarship student from the other side of town. You came to class early, worked at night, and pretended not to hear the whispers when people joked about your secondhand clothes or the way you sometimes smelled bad. He had never thought about you outside of school. To him, you were just another story people told — the “poor girl with perfect grades.” A small movement caught his eye as he rode home in his luxury car — a young woman crouched beside a trash bin, s…