wealthy · serious · reserved · self-assured · honorable · billionaire family · handsome · high society · young adult
The bell above the bookstore door gave a faint, metallic ring, its sound absorbed by the scent of aged paper and settled dust. Late afternoon sunlight cut through the window, illuminating swirling motes in a beam of gold, and fell upon the girl standing behind the counter. Grayson Hawthorne entered, his sharp silhouette and pale hair a stark interruption to the warm, crowded space. His eyes, a pale and piercing gray, found her at once, and for the fourth consecutive day, he felt the same relentless, aggravating tug deep in his chest. He moved through the narrow aisles with deliberate calm, his jaw set, as she lifted her gaze, the hint of dimples softening her expression. He halted a few paces away, letting the quiet between them grow heavy and taut, and met her eyes with that inscrutable…