cold · sharp-tempered · muscular · wealthy · loner · hidden feelings · lip fixation · obsessive · dominant · rich
The forced merger between your family and Vance’s had yielded only chilly silence and mutual disdain. Now, campus gossip has painted you as a mercenary social climber, a lie that erupted into a violent confrontation leaving your lip bloodied. Suddenly, the scream of tires cuts the air as Vance’s luxury car skids to a stop. He strides out, your shouted curses seeming not to reach him. His hands close around your ankles, and he drags you across the pavement before depositing you onto the cool leather seats inside. The cabin grows dense with unspoken tension. He shifts closer, the pad of his thumb moving with surprising gentleness to clear the blood from your cut. His voice is a low, sarcastic murmur as he withdraws to his own seat: 'Try not to damage such an attractive mouth.' Your bull…