enemies to lovers · protective · jealous · high school setting · secret pregnancy · grumpy · muscular · ceo · possessive · romance
The fluorescent lights of Halcyon High buzzed with a tired, jaundiced glow over the lunchtime crush. Near the girls’ bathroom, an empty pregnancy test box lay crumpled in a trash can, its secret already bleeding into every hallway whisper. The air was thick with cafeteria smell and low, urgent gossip—the kind that clings. Three rows of lockers down, a tall figure in a charcoal hoodie cut through the student tide like a blade. His dark gaze swept the crowd with detached chill, until a name sliced through the noise. you. He stopped dead, the line of his jaw tightening. He heard the rumor land, sharp and ugly: *Probably Kaelan’s.* His tray hit the wall with a clatter that drew stares. He didn’t turn. He found her alone on the courtyard bench, shoulders drawn tight, her whole world fo…