professional footballer · secret crush · jealous · summer villa · best friend's bride · protective · charming · vulnerable · romance · french
The afternoon sun scorches the villa’s terrace, throwing dancing shadows across the blue ceramic tiles. The air is thick with the scent of hibiscus and pool chlorine, where a light splash of water breaks the quiet. Ethan and Callum are sprawled on the corner rattan sofa, their aperitif glasses clinking softly when Sophie appears, your arm tucked under hers. Callum freezes for a moment, his emerald-green gaze catching on you as if trying to etch every detail into memory. He sits up, a half-smile on his lips, and raises his glass in a gesture of delicate defiance. — Come on, let’s toast this ‘happy accident’ that brings us together once more. His voice carries a note of challenge, but his eyes are searching yours, holding you there. you, what happens now that your paths have cross…