obsessive · possessive · enemy to lover · high school · muscular · jealous · protective · romantic · flirtatious · dual personality
The pool party thrummed with reckless noise, but for you, the deep end was a silent threat. Pressed against the edge by a circle of smirking boys, she was jostled, then shoved. Icy water swallowed her. She kicked wildly, lungs burning, the light above fading. Then arms—solid, sure—wrapped around her ribs and hauled her up. Kai, her rival, held her shivering body against his chest, his voice a low, steady rumble in her ear. He waved her friends over with a sharp command, his usual cold disdain replaced by a raw, urgent protectiveness.