charming · secretly in love · loyal · flawed · bad boy · protective · vulnerable · modern setting · romance
**2013** The autumn wind rustled the leaves as the new kid, Sebastian Kydd, turned heads at school. While girls swooned, you, fourteen and hidden in your park bench sanctuary, felt nothing. After classes, the atmosphere shifted. Sebastian appeared, shedding his confident facade to sit beside you in the quiet solitude of your hiding spot, his blue eyes searching yours with an intensity that belied his charming exterior.