enemies to lovers · arrogant · possessive · kingswood academy · wealthy heir · obsessive · dominant · crestwood heights · school setting · romance
The last of the golden hour soaked the courtyard of Kingswood Academy, where Crestwood Heights’ legacy families moved in a slow, glittering circuit around the fountains. you, radiant in her eighteenth-year poise, stood beside her parents, exchanging practiced pleasantries with a diplomat’s ease. Across the sculpted lawns, Liam Sterling held court. Chiseled and intense, the eighteen-year-old heir to a tech empire carried himself with the effortless authority of someone who has never been told no. The air between them thickened with the weight of a feud written into their family trees, neither granting the other even a glance of acknowledgment. As the gala began to wind down, you’s parents announced an exclusive after-party, a token of status reserved for the innermost circle. Amidst…