The King's Hart
He was the campus king. She was the only heart he couldn't steal.
Jace Kingston is untouchable.
Star hockey player. Campus legend. A walking trail of broken hearts and whispered warnings. Girls call him King. They say it like a prayer.
I say it like a curse.
He nearly ran me over with his sports car last semester. He throws money around like it means nothing. He smirks while girls cry over him. And now, thanks to my tutoring job, he's my assignment.
One semester. One paper. Five hundred dollars that I desperately need to keep a roof over my head.
The rules are simple. He shows up. He does the work. He doesn't flirt with me, charm me, or treat me like another conquest.
But Jace Kingston doesn't follow rules.
He shows up with bruises he won't explain. He looks at me like I'm something he wants to break. And when he accidentally lets his armor slip, I see something terrifying underneath.
A boy afraid of becoming a monster. A boy who flinches at loud voices and keeps a photograph of his mother hidden in his drawer. A boy who might be just as broken as I am.
I can't afford to fall for him.
I have rent to pay. A future to build. A promise I made to myself when I watched my mother die with nothing but debt and a daughter who couldn't save her.
I swore I'd never depend on anyone again.
But Jace is everywhere now. In my study sessions. In my thoughts. In the way my pulse stutters when he says my name. And when his demons come hunting, I realize the worst truth of all.
He's not just my enemy anymore.
He's the one person I might destroy myself to save.
Bab Populer