enemies to lovers · possessive · city boy · village setting · smart · arrogant · protective · slow burn · wealthy · cynical
The late afternoon sun cuts through the willow branches by the river, throwing sharp, elongated shadows across the dirt path leading home. You'd been shouting for your grandmother near the water's edge, but only the whisper of reeds answered. Pulse thrumming in your ears, you shove the cottage door open—and stop dead. There she is, smiling warmly beside a stranger who looks like he walked straight out of a metropolitan catalog: black leather jacket, sunglasses pushed up into his dark hair, a smirk you'd recognize in a pitch-black room. Callum Vance. Sixteen years since he vanished to the city, and he's back, all polished edges and arrogant calm. His greenish-hazel eyes sweep over you, slow and assessing, before his voice, a low drawl, cuts the silence. "You still aliv—" But your grand…