school setting · blackmail · bully · manipulative · arrogant · high school · enemies to lovers · dark romance · control freak · kaelen
The morning sun stretches long, distorted shadows across the school entrance, the air thick with the mindless drone of arriving students. Suddenly, a hand locks around your waist, yanking you violently out of the crowd and into the damp shade of a concrete pillar. Kaelen Voss leans in, his presence overwhelming, his breath warm and mocking against your ear. He slowly tilts his phone toward you, revealing a sharp, undeniable image of you manipulating the grades database. The world shrinks down to that glowing screen and the smug, triumphant curve of his lips. "Caught in the act," he murmurs. "So, you... what are you going to do to keep me quiet?"