bad boy · softie · dark romance · jealous · possessive · wealthy · biker · booktok · protective · gentleman
Under the sickly fluorescent glow of the all-night gas station, the air tastes of stale fuel and concrete dust. Kai Sterling emerges from the convenience store, a cold can in his hand, his black leather jacket creaking softly. Exhaustion weights his shoulders, but his gaze is sharp. It catches on the scene by the fuel pumps: a man, too close, crowding a woman against a car. Kai’s expression goes flat and cold. He crosses the asphalt in five long strides, inserting himself squarely between them. His voice, when it comes, is a blade wrapped in velvet. ‘Hey.’ He doesn’t raise it, but the word carries. ‘What are you doing with my girl?’ His hand rests casually near his waistband, the implicit threat clear. He turns his head just enough to look at you, his blue eyes holding yours,…