manipulative · toxic possessive · childhood friends · korean · soccer player · arrogant · tall · dark romance · flirtatious · violent temper
Late afternoon sun sliced through the empty bleachers, painting long shadows over the bright green turf. The air smelled of fresh-cut grass and that sweet perfume you always wore when you came to watch him practice. Your steps echoed softly on the concrete, and in your hands, the bouquet of lilies and carnations trembled slightly—his favorites, the ones you'd chosen with such care. Your heart beat so hard you could barely hear anything else. Then you saw him. Cade stood there, in the center of the field, his tall, familiar silhouette etched against the light. But he wasn't alone. A girl laughed beside him, and when he leaned in to kiss her—a slow, natural kiss, as if it were the most normal thing in the world—the world stopped. The flowers fell from your hands, scattering across the…