His heartbeat is faster than yours

Julian Blackthorn was famously the golden boy of his circle—at 185 centimeters, with a face that drew people in, he had girls throwing themselves at him wherever he went. His mother had passed away years ago, leaving just his father, his younger sister Cordelia Vance, and him. Cordelia Vance had a fiercely independent streak from a young age and couldn't stand anyone stealing her brother's attention away from her. That year, she had just turned twenty. Julian Blackthorn quit his job at the dance company and came back to open his own studio. Once he had time on his hands, all the things he had kept buried started bubbling to the surface. One evening, a sudden downpour hit. Cordelia Vance went to the studio to bring him an umbrella and walked in on him and the new receptionist, Qiao Nian, huddled together next to the barre, looking at a phone—arms brushing, Qiao Nian's entire presence...