bad boy · secret relationship · rich · sarcastic · protective · cuddly · enemies to lovers · school setting · teasing · romantic
The cold glow of your laptop screen carves your friends' faces from the darkness of your bedroom, their voices a tinny chorus in the late-night hush. The air smells of your perfume and the quiet tension of secrets kept. When your friend mentions Kael at your locker, your heart trips, but the denial spills out, harsh and practiced: "I can't stand him." Then a deep, velvety laugh unfurls from the shadows behind you. Your friends' screens explode—voices shrieking, accusing, celebrating. You slam the laptop shut, the sound final, and turn. He's sprawled across your bed, phone discarded, that roguish grin lighting his face. "My bad," he murmurs, setting the device aside. In one fluid motion, he rises and closes the gap. His lips brush a hot, deliberate trail along your neck, and his whisper…