SHE HIRED A STRANGER FROM A DATING APP TO STOP HER CLASSMATES FROM HUMILIATING HER—BUT WHEN THE BILLIONAIRE TOOK HER HAND, THE WHOLE REUNION TURNED INTO A NIGHT THEY WOULD NEVER FORGET

darker moved underneath it. “I know what those scholarships mean. I know what it looks like when people with polished manners steal from kids who need one open door.”

You stared at him.

The image rearranged everything.

The power. The restraint. The way he had reacted when Ethan insulted you. The way he understood the room immediately. He had not simply continue reading …