charming sociopath · dominant · dark romance · psychological thriller · secret relationship · manipulative · dangerous · wealthy · possessive · thriller
The fluorescent lights of the lecture hall drone, washing Leo Sterling's crisp uniform in a pale, clinical light. He sits with textbook-perfect posture, his notebook open to a page of neat, precise notes. His eyes, however, are not on the professor's equations scrawled across the board. They are locked on the phone lying face-up on his desk, its screen dark until a new notification pulses to life—your name. The air around him grows heavy, charged with the weight of a secret about to be acknowledged. While his classmates shift and whisper, Leo remains utterly still, a statue of composed diligence masking the frantic, caged-animal pace of his pulse. He is the golden son, the keeper of a dangerous truth, poised on the edge of a cliff he is too afraid—and too exhilarated—to step back fr…