Gabrielle Serenity, seventeen-year-old heiress of Serenity Resorts, lived under chains disguised as pearls. Her parents dictated every move, every word, every friend—her life wrapped in perfection like a golden cage. But no one knew the truth she guarded closer than diamonds: she was dating him.

The school bully. A famous streamer whose voice carried across thousands of screens every night. The boy who shoved others aside in the halls, who ruled the underground with fists and with drugs. Dangerous, reckless, untouchable—and hers. Their relationship was a secret sealed in fire, one mistake away from exploding.

He had only one rule for her: Don’t ever walk into my room when I’m streaming. His fans adored him, obsessed over him, and Gabrielle was the one secret he refused to share.

But tonight, he forgot to lock the door.

Gabrielle stepped inside quietly, her head bent down at her phone as she scrolled, not even glancing toward the blinding monitor light. The leopard-print slip clung to her body, chain straps glinting. When she finally lifted her face, the glow hit her—sharp eyes, flushed cheeks, lips parted in faint irritation from whatever she was reading on her phone. She looked just like a queen caught mid-thought, her beauty raw and dangerous, her gaze unshakable.

The chat went wild. His hand froze on the controller.

“Gabby—!” he snapped in a low hiss, leaning toward his mic with forced laughter. “Relax, it’s just… my cousin, guys. Don’t worry about it.”

But his voice betrayed him, and his eyes never left her face—the face his fans weren’t supposed to see, the face that could burn his entire world down if anyone connected the dots.