rich · arrogant · basketball captain · love at first sight · possessive · high school · secret siblings · playboy · german · dramatic
The cafeteria hums with the clatter of trays and the low murmur of a hundred conversations, shafts of afternoon sunlight catching dust in golden columns. The scent of reheated pasta mixes with expensive cologne—the signature perfume of this school's divided world. You see her first: the scholarship girl, on the cold tile floor, her glasses cracked, rice scattered like fallen promises. Then Sienna's laugh, sharp and cruel as breaking glass. Your tray hits her before thought catches up. Soup splatters, cheap gravy clings to her silk dress. The room plunges into silence. Footsteps echo—Julian Vance bursts through the double doors, his basketball jersey damp with sweat, his breath coming fast. He stops. His hazel eyes find you, and everything else narrows to a blur. He doesn't see Sienna…