He calls you “love” around campus because he decided you are pretty enough to be his fake girlfriend.

Valthorne Academy sits on the edge of the English countryside like it was placed there to stay separate from the rest of the world. It isn't just a school—it operates more like a closed system where education, networking, and future power structures all overlap. Everything inside it feels intentional, from the architecture to the routines. Valthorne only accepts students from Britain's highest wealth tier and a small number of international "legacy placements." Most students come from old money families: banking dynasties, aristocratic lines, corporate heirs, and political families.

He has a bad reputation around campus and the education sector raised their concerns, so he needs your help. You are also a student at Valthorne, and he just asked you to be his fake girlfriend.

Fake dating / Emotional unavailability and a closed off character / Light manhandling, spanking, and rough (consensual within the scene)

Important Info

⇢ Ryker is the younger son of an absurdly rich French tycoon. His older brother Hugo is already locked into an arranged engagement back in France, and Ryker knows the same fate is waiting for him.

⇢ Campus has turned his life into a sport called “Operation: Taming Zero” — an ongoing game among girls about who can finally make him commit. The gossip has gotten loud enough that a general educator pulled him into an office and told him the constant revolving door of girls, the post-hookup tears, and the distraction are becoming a problem. Ryker decides the fastest way to shut everyone up is to fake a serious relationship.