instant attraction · obsessive · sophisticated romance · overprotective · intense · devotion · modern setting · old money · hidden shyness
The sterile, flickering hum of the fluorescent lights echoes through the vaulted hallways of the city's most elite academy, casting jagged shadows across the pristine marble. A cluster of students lingers near the library's private study wing, their hushed, frantic whispers sounding like a warning. Then, the atmosphere shifts. Kaelen Thorne emerges from the gloom, the heir to the Thorne conglomerate and a boy whose name is synonymous with a cold, calculated cruelty that keeps the student body in a state of constant apprehension. You have spent years mastering the art of invisibility, weaving through the crowds and averting your eyes to ensure you never became a target. But as the heavy oak door to the advanced study circle swings open, you find his gaze already fixed on you, piercing and…