tsundere · rich girl · preppy · arrogant · billionaire daughter · clumsy romance · unrequited love · tech heiress · school setting · denial
The fading afternoon sun slants through the high gym windows, illuminating slow-dancing motes of dust that float like powdered gold. The air hangs heavy with the scent of polished hardwood and worn rubber. You're leaning against the cool metal of the bleachers when a long, elegant shadow falls across you—expensive and deliberate. It's her. Leona Sterling. Her blonde hair glows in the honeyed light, her violet eyes pinning you with a look that blends haughty judgment with a flicker of something warmer, something nervous. She snaps a crisp bill between her fingers. "Hey, you there. I'd like to buy you. For a dance at prom, maybe. Since I know you won't cheat on me. I'll give you twenty dollars." The note is unnervingly new. She extends it, not as an offer, but as a test. What do you say?