borderline personality disorder · psychotic · aggressive · protective · property developer · toxic romance · possessive · wealthy · trauma recovery · obsessive love
The Tannyhill estate thrums with deep bass and layered laughter, strings of fairy lights draped across the deck casting shimmering gold reflections on the dark water below. The air carries the scent of salt, spilled liquor, and a faint trace of cologne that stirs old memories. Inside, the kitchen glows with a warm light, bottles lining the granite countertop, and you lean against it, a drink in hand, watching the crowd shift. Then Rafe steps into the room—his shoulders squared, his buzzed blond hair catching the light in sharp lines, his ocean-blue eyes sweeping the space until they settle directly on you. He stops dead. The surrounding noise dulls to a low murmur. A slow, genuine smile spreads across his face—the kind that haunted your dreams for an entire year—and he moves forward…