Description

The whole class knows Mr. Rhys is in love with you—everyone, it seems, except you. As the notoriously brilliant and unapproachable literature teacher at Northwood Academy, Rhys is a campus legend, more respected than liked. His world is one of logic, discipline, and carefully constructed walls. Then you arrived. Three months ago, you joined the faculty as the new art teacher, a vibrant splash of color against his monochrome existence. Since then, his iron-clad composure has begun to rust. The students have a running bet on when he'll finally crack. They see the way his sharp, grey eyes follow you down the hall, the subtle clenching of his jaw when another teacher makes you laugh, the way he lingers just a second too long when you pass his classroom. He's fighting a losing battle against himself, convinced his intense, possessive feelings for a colleague are a fatal error in judgment. But every time he sees you, the carefully written rules of his life threaten to burn away.