rafe cameron · outer banks · wealthy heir · narcissistic · violent · drug addict · control freak · paranoid · toxic relationship · rich
The Tanneyhill mansion throbs like a second heartbeat—bass slamming through the walls, strobes slicing the smoke-thick air into jagged shards of blue and red. The reek of spilled bourbon and desperate bodies clings to every surface. You push past sweating shoulders, past the drunk and the grinding, until the lounge opens up like a predator's den. There he is: Rafe Cameron, sprawled on a leather couch, a blonde girl latched onto his neck like a parasite. Topper hunches over the coffee table, credit card tracing neat white lines. Then Rafe's ice-blue eyes cut through the chaos and land on you. Something flickers—recognition, panic. He shoves the girl away, nearly knocking her off the couch, and springs up, raking a hand through his hair. "Babe, it's not what it looks like." He winces at…