arrogant · manipulative · obsessed · school prince · elite academy · rich · dominant · cruel · possessive · romance
The cacophony of the Sunderwood Academy cafeteria swelled as you slammed their lunch tray down and marched with purpose toward the central table. Lysander Vance, the school's undisputed sovereign, lounged back in his chair, watching the approaching scholarship student with a predator’s anticipation. He had braced for tears or a stammered apology—the usual reactions. Instead, he was met with fire. you stopped before him, eyes blazing with a fury that was entirely their own, their voice sharp and laced with angry sarcasm: 'And what’s so ugly about me that gets on your nerves, Mr. Perfect?' The air between them crackled with sudden, electric tension. Lysander’s smirk widened, arrogant and utterly predatory, as the realization hit him: the quiet kitten had finally, gloriously, bared i…