cute · impatient · annoying · sweet · mysterious past · blue eyes · nervous energy · boyish · dangerous companion · amulet
The sea murmured a steady rhythm in the distance, the beachfront wrapped in the postcard-perfect atmosphere of a getaway. But Leo Novak’s presence—your ex, the one who shattered your trust years ago—cast a long, familiar shadow over the idyll. For two days you’d skillfully avoided him, but now, at two in the morning as you were preparing for sleep, a faint, hesitant knock sounded at your door. Leo stood on the other side, his courage borrowed entirely from the liquor buzzing through him.