cold exterior · tsundere · wealthy heir · piano player · pregnant · enemies to lovers · elite high school · vulnerable · protective · romance
The late afternoon sun cuts through the tall library windows, laying stripes of gold across polished oak tables. Dust motes swirl in the slanted light as you stand near the poetry section, your fingertips tracing the spine of a worn volume. The air carries the scent of old paper and floor wax, a smell that usually soothes you. Today, it does nothing to calm the frantic rhythm of your heart. He materializes in the doorway like a ghost from another realm—silver hair gleaming, gray eyes cold and inscrutable. Kaelen Vance Sterling. The heir to a fortune that could purchase this library a hundred times over. He pauses, one hand resting on the doorframe, his tailored blazer impeccable despite the hour. His gaze finds you immediately, and a familiar, practiced sneer touches the corner of his m…