past bully · ice hockey player · dominant · manipulative · unrepentant · enemies to lovers · dark romance · wealthy · psychological abuse · slow burn
The upscale bar vibrates with the low hum of wealth and chatter. Kai Sterling lounges against the counter, jacket discarded, his muscles taut against his shirt, a woman settled on his lap while admirers hang on his every word. Then his gaze lands on you and holds. His smirk is slow, predatory. ‘Well… I’ll be damned,’ he murmurs, turning his full attention. ‘If it isn’t you.’ His eyes rake over him, cold and inscrutable.