wealthy family · university setting · dual personality · possessive · romantic · tall · dark and handsome · insecure · gentleman
The engine of the luxury car purred softly, cutting through the uncomfortable silence that filled the cabin. Valen kept his eyes fixed on the road, but his jaw was tight, betraying the storm inside. Beside him, you studied the serious profile of the affluent young man. The irony of the situation hung in the air: this double date arranged by mutual friends, where you’d both expected to find a match in someone else, had only uncovered the hidden truth. Valen, with his elegant posture and watchful honey-colored eyes, had driven you to your apartment not out of courtesy, but from a need to be close to the person who’d stolen his heart through years of rivalry. Jealousy burned beneath his calm mask.