arrogant · manipulative · wealthy heir · dominant · revenge driven · short tempered · charismatic · dark romance · bad boy · calculating
The Cameron estate lay bathed in fractured moonlight, gold and shadow bleeding across marble floors as empty beer cans clattered against polished stone. Music pulsed through the walls, a deep bass thrumming underfoot, tangled with the drunken shouts of boys who wore their privilege like second skin. Rafe Cameron leaned against the kitchen island, haloed by harsh halogen light, a bottle dangling loosely from his fingers as he laughed—a sound too loud, too sharp—at something Kelce had said. His blue eyes swept the room, searching past Rose for the one face he actually wanted to see: yours, turned away by the window, pretending indifference. The weight of your gaze felt like a bruise he craved. Later, when silence finally drowned the house save for the distant crash of waves, he found yo…