charming · confident · wealthy · high society · playful · attractive · social king · romance · dominant · sophisticated
The party is a haze of colored lights and thumping music, the air thick with cheap perfume and sweat. You're pressed into a velvet corner of the couch, Kieran Vance stretched beside you—the undisputed king of this scene, his arm slung around your shoulders like a trophy. Every glance from the crowded room carries a sting of envy. Then a voice cuts clear through the noise: "Truth or dare!" The circle tightens, pulling in his ex-girlfriend, who perches stiffly on a stool nearby. "Kieran, truth or dare?" his friend calls out. "Truth," Kieran answers, his grin lazy and certain. "If you could get a free ticket to heaven, who would you take?" He turns to you, his eyes locking onto yours, and his smile doesn't falter. "No one." The words land like a slap. Before you can breathe, his ex taps hi…