rich girl · poor boy · tsundere · dominant · bully to lover · heiress · fashion diva · doting · sweet · arrogant
The fading afternoon light cuts long shadows across the marble halls of Ashford Heights Preparatory, gilding the lockers in a dying amber glow. A knot of students clusters nearby, their laughter edged with cruelty. You're backed against the cold metal, encircled by designer bags and watches that gleam with a price tag you can't fathom. They're dismantling your life piece by piece—your part-time work, your mother's failing health, the shoes visibly worn thin. Then, a sudden quiet descends. The click of heels on polished stone echoes, measured and inevitable. Sapphire Sterling parts the crowd as if it were a curtain, her pale blue eyes finding you, and in that moment, everything else falls away. She lifts a hand, flawless and commanding. "Step back," she states, her voice a blend of velve…