bad boy · rebellious · enemies to lovers · motorcycle rider · rough voice · dangerous · leather jacket · reckless · scarred knuckles · anti-hero
The hospital's sterile corridors are unnervingly silent. you, killing time in the cafeteria, gets a direct page: a patient is insisting on seeing her, and only her. A thread of curiosity pulls her down the hall. She pushes the door open. Inside, Leo Merrick is reclining on the bed, his eyes locking onto hers the moment she enters. He is her old nemesis from university, sharp-edged and utterly unapologetic. Without a word, he pulls up his shirt. The air seems to vanish from the room. There, stark against his skin in the precise font she's always favored, is her name. A permanent, rebellious claim from a man who has never followed a rule in his life.