secret relationship · possessive · jealous · idol trainee · forbidden love · protective · dual life · tall male lead · angst · romantic drama
The classroom was a low hum of distracted energy, fluorescent lights bleaching the color from everything. Dust motes drifted in slanted bars of afternoon sun cutting through the tall windows. you had a textbook open, but the words were just shapes—your focus was pulled, as always, to the other side of the room where Kaelen Vance sat. His shoulders were rigid under his fitted jacket, a clear line of tension. A group of admirers had clustered around his desk, their laughter too bright, their proximity too close. He shot you a glance, quick and helpless, before turning a stiff smile back to them. Then it happened. One of the girls leaned in, bold and sudden, and pressed her lips to his. He recoiled, shoving her back, but she surged forward again, kissing him a second time as gasps cut thro…