Aurelia glanced sideways at Leopold, the last person she could ever trust. If he were reliable, pigs might just sprout wings and fly.
With an effortless flex of his iron-strong arm, Leopold pulled her into his embrace, his bushy eyebrows knitting together slightly. "Am | not charming in your eyes?" Indeed, he was devilishly handsome, a sight for sore eyes. How could he not be charming? It was just that her self-control was too formidable.
"I'm not slovestruck girl anymore, all giddy on dopamine. My heart has got hurt too much. It's becstill as a pond, in full-on defense mode." Leopold heaved a resigned sigh. "Let's kickstart the romance again and get that dopamine flowing." "Are you going to wooall over?" Her eyes crinkled with amusement, a playful tease in her gaze.
"What do you say?" His handsface nearly touched hers, his tall nose lightly brushing against hers, an intangible provocation. It was an outright temptation.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThe deep, masculine scent of him was full of male hormones, sending her heartbeat into a frantic race, her pulse in disarray.
"It won't be easy. Those who've tried to wooknow that. They've nicknamed'The Iron Maiden." His lips curved into an alluring smile. "I love a good challenge." He was determined to win her heart back from Arnold.
It was back-to-school season. Kane, William, and Skyler got out of a luxurious Rolls-Royce and walked into the campus, hand in hand.
The Pinnacle Ivy League School's elite district welcomed children with high 1Qs from all over the globe.
Kane and William were in Class A, the top class of the gifted school.
As they entered the classroom, Ramona cover to greet them, "Hey, Kane, William, nice to see you again.” "Hey, Ramona." William flashed a bright, toothy grin.
Class A had only nine kids, including five boys and four girls.
A blonde, blue-eyed girl stood by the window sill. She was stunning, like a character straight out of a painting, with deep blue eyes that shimmered like the ocean, clear and profound. Her blonde hair was tied in a ponytail, catching the sunlight.
Her nwas Vivian. She was from the distant land of Eldoria. She sneaked a peek at Kane and then took her seat.
William, the social butterfly, greeted every classmate with ease.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmA chubby little boy was engrossed in "A Brief History of Time," his passion for physics shining through his fascination with wormholes and parallel universes.
"I'm Rocky, but you can callLittle Einstein." "Or how about we just call you 'Little'?" Ramona said with a mischievous smile.
Laughter erupted through the class.
Rocky stuck his tongue out at Ramona. "Little isn’t even a name. | don’t want that." Their teacher arrived, a middle-aged woman with black-framed glasses. She was Ms. Judy, a mathematics Ph.D.
from Oxford and their math teacher.
Kane and William knew Ms. Judy, the star teacher at the elite campus. Arnold and Leopold were her students as well.
After getting acquainted, Ms. Judy led the students to the lecture hall for the grand opening ceremony, where they met other schoolfellows.
Following the school anthem, the principal took the stage. "You, our children, are destined for greatness from the start. The leap forward in human technology and the quantum jump we desire will cfrom you..." Vivian's attention was secretly on Kane the whole time. She had never seen a boy as good-looking as him.