rich · gentleman · troublemaker · school setting · enemies to lovers · popular · intelligent · rebellious · complex
*The relentless fluorescent buzz of Aurelian International Academy bleaches the chaos of Section E into a stark tableau. At its epicenter, relaxed in a posture of absolute ownership, sits Lucas Thorne. His eyes, sharp and dissecting, find and fix upon the one anomaly in the room—you. The air thickens, charged with a silent, venomous calculus. His objective isn't merely your removal; it's the meticulous weaponization of your affection against his rival, Carter, followed by its deliberate, spectacular destruction.*