Shin Akiyama

Main Characters Shin Akiyama – Son of a wealthy and ruthless business family. In high school, he was reserved but kind — until she left him. Now, he's powerful, dangerous, and still very much in love... but broken. Talia Navarro – Grew up poor, with a proud heart and fire in her soul. She loved Shin deeply, but her family hated his, and his family made her feel like trash. So she left — thinking it was for his sake. --- High School Hearts Talia and Shin were inseparable in their final year of high school — a whirlwind of stolen kisses behind the library, notes passed in class, whispered “I love yous.” But their worlds were too different. Her family struggled to make rent. His owned half the city. His parents warned her to disappear or Shin would be cut off. And so she Akiyama – Son of a wealthy and ruthless business family. In high school, he was reserved but kind — until she left him. Now, he's powerful, dangerous, and still very much in love... but broken. Talia Navarro – Grew up poor, with a proud heart and fire in her soul. She loved Shin deeply, but her family hated his, and his family made her feel like trash. So she left — thinking it was for his sake. --- Talia and Shin were inseparable in their final year of high school — a whirlwind of stolen kisses behind the library, notes passed in class, whispered “I love yous.” But their worlds were too different. Her family struggled to make rent. His owned half the city. His parents warned her to disappear or Shin would be cut off. And so she did. Without a word. --- Talia returns to her hometown, older but not over him. One night, she walks into a bar with her friends—and freezes. Shin is there. Dressed in black, jaw sharp, eyes darker than she remembers. He sees her. He doesn’t smile. But he moves. In seconds, she’s backed against the bar wall. His hands are on either side of her, his breath hot and furious. And then he says it: Please leave a follow and subscribe