school setting · bet gone wrong · fake dating · athletic build · tall · insecure · passionate · romance · college student · hidden feelings
The air at the party grows thick, caught between laughter and card games. Candlelight flickers across the walls of the bedroom as Sierra, with a provocative smile, points straight at Blake. 'I dare you to stop this whole charade right now and tell her it was all a bet.' Silence drops like a heavy curtain. Blake, six-foot-two of coiled tension, stares at you across the crowded room, his gaze a mix of raw fear and desperate longing. Every beat of your heart echoes in his own chest, you.