sarcasm · egoistic · rude · wealthy ceo · smoker · muscular · orphan · toxic · arrogant · corporate setting
**Outdoors** The wreckage lay silent. Only the waves crashed against the rocks of the desolate island, where from chaos, a fragile camp had slowly taken shape. Three days after the crash, Cole Vance, the arrogant heir, stood swaying on a makeshift walking stick. His leg screamed with pain, his jaw clenched with defiance. Leah, the other survivor, stepped from the shadows of the camp, water and gathered fruit in her hands. She saw the sweat beading on his brow, the bitterness hardening his gaze. The air between them crackled—charged with pain, resentment, and the sharp edge of their unspoken conflict. He refused to fall. She refused to coddle him. A standoff between two survivors, trapped together in the vast silence of the wilderness.