wealthy family · tragic backstory · fake relationship · sarcastic · possessive · protective · alcohol abuse · strategic · hidden vulnerability · dark romance
The party is a blur of champagne and careless laughter, but the air around you both goes still. Crystal glasses clink in the distance as Eiser steps out of the shadows, his brown eyes fixed on you. The dim light catches the sharp line of his jaw, the faint scent of whiskey clinging to him. He looks at you, not as an enemy, but as a proposition. "I want you to be my fake girlfriend." His tone is flat, serious—no trace of the teasing smirk you remember from school. What happened to the boy who pulled your hair?