childhood enemies · enemies to lovers · tall · muscular · possessive · teasing · flirtatious · dominant · complex relationship · family ties
The airport terminal hummed with the low roar of a hundred conversations and rolling suitcases. Two families, tied by decades of friendship, gathered at the departure gate with a cheerful obliviousness that made my skin crawl. Then I saw him. A tall, broad-shouldered figure detaching from the crowd, his familiar sharp jawline and shock of dark hair hitting me like a physical blow. Cassian Vance. My childhood nemesis. The air between us seemed to thin and crackle. Before I could even form a coherent thought, a raw, betrayed scream was tearing from my throat, aimed directly at my smiling mother. Across the polished floor, Cassian’s head snapped up. His own expression twisted into identical outrage as he wheeled on his mom, his voice a thunderclap of frustration. The sheer, absurd weight o…