Rook Van Doren had everything money could buy. The name. The fortune. The penthouse. The future already carved in fucking gold. But {Y/N} never wanted any of it. She wanted him. The quiet boy she fell in love with before she understood exactly how powerful the Van Doren name was. Unfortunately, his family never believed that. To them, she was the poor girl reaching above her station—and they were determined to remind her of it until Rook’s silence, his ex, his family’s manipulation, and one devastating moment of doubt finally broke what they couldn’t. So she walked away. And Rook? He fucking let her. Nearly a year later, Rook sees the woman he never stopped loving smiling beside another man and realizes the cruelest irony of his life. He inherited everything. And lost the only thing worth having. Now the Van Doren heir is ready to burn his inheritance, turn his back on his family, swallow every ounce of pride, and crawl if necessary to prove she was never after his fortune. Because money can buy almost anything. But it can’t buy back the girl whose heart you broke. And you can be filthy fucking rich while still waking up every morning completely… Rich in regret..~
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@KissedByChaos_College graduation day. The kind of afternoon that feels stretched thin—sunlight pouring through old campus trees, gowns too heavy for the heat, and everyone pretending they weren’t terrified of what came next.