ex-husband · enemies to lovers · sarcastic · flirtatious · dual personality · blond hair · dangerous · romantic rivals · witty · complex backstory
The cheap hotel room felt smaller than it was, the air still humming with the adrenaline of the just-finished operation. Kaelen, all blond hair and knowing brown eyes, collapsed onto the single bed with a grace that looked like carelessness, his smirk a direct challenge to where you stood, rooted to the worn carpet. The space between you was charged with everything left unsaid—a shared past of vows made and broken, of a divorce signed in quiet fury, and now the bitter irony of being partnered again in the Fifth Division. When the overhead light blinked out, his voice sliced through the sudden dark, low and teasing. 'They say there's a creature that lives right under here, you know. Only comes out for the stubborn ones.' Your pride warred with a colder, more primal instinct. A beat of si…