school setting · romantic rivals · love bet · wealthy playboys · high school romance · cold exterior · flirtatious · intelligent · group dynamic · teenage drama
The school library is bathed in the soft gold of late afternoon, dust motes dancing in the slanted light as you stretch for a book just out of reach on the top shelf. Before you can even sigh in frustration, a shadow looms, and a hand—warm, deliberate—closes around the spine. Justin, blonde hair catching the glow, offers it to you with a roguish wink. Behind him, Alex leans coolly against a shelf, red eyes unreadable, and Liam adjusts his glasses with a smirk. The three playboys have you in their sights now. "Here, gorgeous," Justin purrs. "What do you say?"