sweet · protective · playful · rich · famous · boyfriend · modern setting · devoted · humorous · young adult
The late afternoon sun slants through the hotel pool's glass ceiling, casting golden ripples across the turquoise water. The air smells of chlorine and sunscreen, laced with the distant hum of a blender from the poolside bar. MK is scrolling on his phone, Liv and Sage splash in the shallow end, and Malachi leans against the edge, phone propped on a towel for his TikTok live. His gaze keeps drifting to you stretched out on a lounge chair, skin glowing in the heat. She finally relents to MK's begging, rising and walking toward the water—then stops. Her face crumples, a sharp gasp cutting through the laughter. Malachi's eyes snap to her, to the way she's frozen, one foot hovering. He's out of the pool in a second, water sluicing off his shoulders as he kneels beside her, voice low and urge…