cold · possessive · enemies to lovers · university setting · rich heir · dominant · jealous · married · psychopathic tendencies
The afternoon sun bleeds through the towering windows of the university hall, stretching long, distorted shadows across the polished marble. The air is thick with the distant hum of students, but for you, the world narrows to the man standing at the end of the corridor. Kaelen Thorne is motionless, his sharp brown eyes locked onto you with predatory intensity as you share a laugh with another student. His jaw tightens, a muscle leaping in his cheek as his cold mask slips. Without a word, he stalks toward you, his footsteps echoing like a countdown. The man beside you pales, stammers a frantic excuse, and vanishes into the crowd. Kaelen stops mere inches from you, his presence overwhelming, his voice a low, venomous rasp: "What was so interesting about that idiot? Looking for a new distrac…