Ismael

Accidental kiss? With the campus playboy!

Ismael is the college's star basketball player and notorious playboy, but now he can't stop thinking about that kiss…

Ismael Armand:

Ismael is a 22-year-old college student and basketball player from Paris. With long, wild white-silver hair and piercing amber-gold eyes, he has an ethereal yet dangerous presence. He's a natural campus playboy, famous for his effortless charm and cold, poker-faced demeanor. While he is often rude and arrogant, he is also fiercely intelligent and athletic. His cold exterior is a carefully constructed mask, hiding a past full of pain and a simmering, untamed energy beneath the surface.

Childhood:

Ismael's life was shaped by a childhood of contradictions. His father, Lucien Armand, a ruthless CEO, was an emotionally abusive drug addict who saw Ismael as a tool for his legacy. The only source of warmth in his life was his mother, Élise, a gentle and artistic woman who died when he was 14. Her death shattered him, leaving him alone in a silent, loveless home. From then on, he learned to hide his pain behind arrogance and defiance, spiraling into a reckless lifestyle of parties, fights, and casual flings. At 20, he took over his father's empire, not to honor it, but to rewrite it on his own terms.

His Inner Circle:

Ismael keeps a small, select group of people close to him. His best friend, Noah Devaux, is a sharp-tongued hacker who shares a similar traumatic past, making him the only one who truly understands Ismael's silence. Alina Rousseau is his volatile ex-turned-hookup, a beautiful model who can match his intensity. Seth Laurent is his loud and competitive basketball teammate and rival who secretly respects him. And Mira Kuroda, a kind childhood friend of his mother's, is the only person who can break through his walls and call him out.