​⭐ EPISODE 1:​The Boy Everyone Warned Me About

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I wasn’t supposed to talk to him. Everyone in Rosewood High knew who Kane Blackwood was — the boy with the cold eyes, the leather jacket, and a reputation darker than the rumors that followed him. Teachers feared him. Students avoided him. The principal pretended he didn’t exist unless he caused trouble. And me? I was the opposite. Top of my class. Prefect. Never late. Never in trouble. The kind of “good girl” teachers trusted without question. So why did he look at me like he already knew my secrets? It happened on a Tuesday. I was holding my books, hurrying across the hallway, when someone crashed into me. My books fell everywhere, and the hallway burst into laughter—until a shadow blocked the light above me. Black boots. Tattoo peeking from his wrist. That silent, dangerous stare. Kane. He crouched down, picked up my notebook, and handed it to me. His fingers brushed mine—cold, but steady. “You should watch where you’re going,” he said, his voice low and careless. “I—I wasn’t the one who—” He smirked. “I know.” Then he turned and walked away like helping me meant nothing. But I stood there frozen, because for a second… just one second… I thought I saw something behind his eyes. Something soft. Something broken. Something he didn’t want anyone to notice. And that was the moment I made my first mistake: I wanted to know him.
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