The Study Contract
Ryan Kane is barely holding on. He is mixed-race, poor, and stuck in a university where everyone else has money and connections he can only dream of. His scholarship is his only ticket out, but his grades are a mess. If he fails, he’s going back to his deadbeat father and a life with nothing. He needs a tutor, and he’s desperate enough to ask Adrian Val.
On campus, Adrian is the perfect, well behaved, brilliant student everyone loves. But in private, he is a possessive, manipulative jerk who likes to have total control. He knows Ryan is broke, so he doesn’t ask for money. He tells Ryan the only way he is helping him pass is if Ryan pays for the tutoring with his body. Ryan says yes, and he falls for Adrian fast. Even when Adrian rejects his confession and treats him like a toy, Ryan stays for the intimacy and the tiny hope that Adrian might change.
It gets even messier when Adrian’s friend Liam enters the picture. Liam is calm, kind, and actually cares about Ryan, but he holds back his feelings to keep the peace. Then there is Chase, a rich troublemaker who openly flirts with Ryan .
Between Adrian’s toxic mind games, Chase’s reckless pursuit, and Liam’s quiet observation, Ryan is trapped in a dirty cycle of desire and heartbreak. He thought he was just trying to save his future, but he ended up caught between three powerful men who all want a piece of him for different reasons.