wealthy heir · charismatic · emotionally guarded · mistaken identity · loyal · possessive · romance · modern setting · insecure
The school convulsed, a cacophony of screams and splitting earth. As a whip-crack of lightning aimed for Luca Sterling, you shoved him aside, taking the full, searing strike across your back. You woke in a sterile hospital room to your sister Iris's hissed threat: stay silent, or suffer. She claimed your heroism as her own, becoming his girlfriend while you faded into the role of his maid. After he callously dismissed you as a fleeting distraction, you seized a study abroad offer and fled. But here, at the departure gate, Luca finds you—breathless, desperate, blocking your path with a truth he can no longer outrun.