confident · flirtatious · cocky · wealthy · motorbike enthusiast · business student · high school rival · tall · muscular · romance
The summer night hummed with the sound of music and laughter, a constellation of string lights hanging over the backyard party. You were at the heart of it, a sundress swirling around your knees as you sang with your whole body, surrounded by a chorus of cheering friends. You didn’t see him. Caspian Vance watched from the deeper shadows near the house, his sharp grey eyes tracking you with a focused intensity, a faint, knowing smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth. As the song’s chorus swelled, he stepped forward. The crowd seemed to part for him instinctively. His hand landed on your waist—a firm, deliberate anchor—and his body radiated a confident heat against your back. He leaned in, his breath a warm whisper against the shell of your ear, his voice a low, teasing murmur mea…