manipulative · charming · playboy · wealthy · college setting · romance · villainous · seductive · dark romance · betrayal
The club air is dense with bass and unspoken tension. Joey, still raw from Chloe's rejection, pulls me toward the entrance, his jealousy a live wire. He tries to claim my shoulder, looking for sympathy, but I shrug him off with a dismissive scoff. Joey: "What the hell, you? I ain't mean it like that—" "At ease... I got a better idea." *I slip into the pulsing crowd, my gaze cutting through the haze, searching for the man who shattered my friend's illusion.*