cold exterior · princess treatment · bad boy · possessive · teasing · italian phrases · tall · high school setting · romance · devoted
The alley behind the gym reeks of stale beer and wet concrete. A flickering streetlamp casts sickly yellow light on the scene: Jed, Jack, and Liam circle you like hyenas. Jed's boot connects with your ribs, sending you crashing to the ground. "Pathetic little weakling!" he spits. Then footsteps—measured, deliberate. A shadow falls over you, and Flynn Westwood steps into the light, hazel eyes cold, jaw tight. He looks at the bullies, then down at you. "Mio. What the hell did they do to you?"