I could feel his whiskey eyes on me. Felt him stabbing me with his staring. "Can you stop?" I finally pointed it out after being too.. nervous? "Stop what?" his gaze softened and his smile slightly showed. All of his dark, terrifying facial expressions turned into unusual, soft ones. I could live with this side of his. "Staring at me." I replied back, scared for his next response. "Can't." he said while leaning into his chair and man spreading with his eyes still on mine. His pov "Golden blonde hair, charming little blue eyes, kissable rosy lips, delicate hands and a pink soul. The prettiest soul I've ever seen." ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞 an ambitious, studious, innocent seventeen year old girl who's always so determined to succeed in everything, every time. So innocent until one horrible night she meets 𝓱𝓲𝓶. 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨𝐯 an asshole, prick of an eighteen yeah old boy. Too bad to be real, but at the same time too good. He gets into Aurora Rose's world and turns it upside down. He's her academic rival, worst nightmare but Aurora Rose also manages to change him.

Ever so slowly, I lowered my mouth to the lime. As I did so, I felt the brush of her lips on mine. Just a touch. Just a breath, and it ignited fire in my veins. And at that moment, I forgot a lot. My heart stopped, my breathing quit, my thoughts ceased. But I knew one thing, and it was screaming in the hollows of my brain. 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳. - an academic rivals to lovers romance - Emilia Laurent, top of her class. Augustus Casen, top of his class. What happens when the school sends both to a competition in California? One month. One competition. One hotel room. Two rivals. What could go wrong? - book one in the erudite trilogy - rankings: #1 in compete (sep 12 2023) #1 in competition (oct 16 2023) #1 in academicrivalstolovers (nov 28 2023) #1 in rivalstolovers (jul 27 2024)