durnkenstars
At seventeen, Astrid Hall had one goal-finish her final year at the prestigious Harrow Institute of Education quietly, invisibly, and without drama. For two years, she'd perfected the art of being unnoticed in the corridors of Europe's most elite school, where wealth and genius collided in designer uniforms and whispered legacy admissions. She didn't belong here-not really. Not after everything she'd been through.
Orphaned in all but name, Astrid grew up fast. Her mother died when she was twelve. Her father vanished without a trace soon after. Since then, her world had been her older brother David and her sketchbooks, the only constants in a life that felt like it was always on the edge of unraveling. Art was her escape-and maybe, if she played her cards right, her ticket out. She was a prodigy, destined for the Royal Art School of London, if only she could keep her head down long enough to get there.
But Harrow had other plans.
Because this year, Adrian Arnaoult had turned his attention.
Captain of the football team. Golden boy of the Arnaoult empire. The kind of boy who could make or break your social life with a glance. With old money running through his veins and the world wrapped around his finger, Adrian was the king of Harrow-and suddenly, unexplainably, obsessed with the school's untouchable Ice Queen.
Astrid.
To her, he was everything she despised: entitled, arrogant, and dangerously charming. But Adrian Arnaoult wasn't used to hearing no. And Astrid Hall wasn't used to letting anyone in.
What happens when the boy who could have anything sets his sights on the one girl who wants nothing to do with him?
Is he the king she can't escape? Or the crack in the armor she's tried so hard to build?
One thing's certain-Harrow won't stay quiet for long.
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