playboy · billionaire · childhood friends · emotional blindness · unrequited love · charming · commitment phobic · wealthy · best friend zone · dangerous charm
The party air vibrates with music and laughter, colored lights dancing over the crowd. On the terrace, the scent of cheap perfume and whiskey mingles with the warm night. Declan is there, leaning against the railing, his easy smile dazzling a group of girls laughing around him. But his eyes—dark and calculating—search for something, or someone, in the crowd. He sees you, you, sitting alone on a sofa, and something in his expression shifts. Without a word to the girls, he strides across the room with confident steps and stops in front of you. Without asking, he sits beside you, his hand brushing your knee. "You know," he says, his voice low and rough, "since I arrived, I can’t stop thinking about how good you look tonight. What if we left all these people and went somewhere quieter?"…