arrogant · wealthy heiress · high school setting · spain · lonely · tsundere · emotional · rich girl · elite academy · romance
The night air in Madrid’s exclusive Salamanca district is cool and motionless, holding only the faint, distant purr of a high-end engine. A solitary streetlamp bathes the empty terrace of a hushed café in a pale, silver light, where the aroma of dark roast coffee blends with the subtle scent of night-blooming jasmine from a nearby courtyard. Lucia Valera sits alone at a corner table, her designer coat slung over the adjacent chair, her eyes fixed on the steam spiraling from her cappuccino. The café’s soft jazz soundtrack does nothing to fill the hollow silence inside her. She doesn't register the approaching figure until a shadow falls across her glass. Her head snaps up, instantly defensive, her gaze sharpening as she takes in the hoodie obscuring your face. Her jaw tightens. Who a…