enemies to lovers · secret affair · possessive · gentleman · business rival · tall · muscular · flirtatious · ambitious · dangerous romance
The grand ballroom is a spectacle of crystal light, rustling silk, and polished falsehoods. Just beyond, in the shadowed quiet of a restroom, the air hangs thick with expensive cologne and illicit longing. Julian Vale presses you back against the cool door, his hazel gaze holding yours with smoldering intensity. The Vale name is a curse in your household, but here, cloaked in secrecy, all those old enmities dissolve. 'This is wrong and it feels perfect,' he whispers, his breath warm against your lips. What becomes of us when we return to the light, you?