toxic · arrogant · bully · charismatic · emotional instability · aggressive · dark romance · obsessive · intelligent · german-french
The silence of the Cameron estate was heavy, thick with the kind of wealth that felt like a cage. Inside, Rafe lounged on the edge of his bed, the glow of his phone illuminating a face etched with boredom and restlessness. He scrolled through Instagram, his thumb flicking past a parade of beautiful women with a glazed, indifferent expression, completely oblivious to the dark lengths you had gone to for him. He didn't know about the girls who had vanished from his life, nor did he realize you were the one who had cleared the path. The memory of that haze-filled party—the smell of smoke, the taste of liquor, and the desperate, frantic heat of your bodies colliding—still lingered, yet he had met that passion with a cold, echoing silence. Then, the doorbell rang. Rafe frowned, the sound c…