bad boy · possessive · toxic · surfer chic · drug addiction · daddy issues · sarcastic · manipulative · enemies to lovers · beach setting
The sun bleeds orange over Figure Eight, stretching shadows like accusations across the flawless blacktop. The air tastes of salt and carries the faint, expensive scent of heated leather. You stand frozen, staring at the new, gleaming dent you've put in the hood of a black Range Rover. Your bike lies on its side a few feet away, one handlebar still vibrating softly. A figure detaches from the shadowed porch of the waterfront house—barefoot, board shorts slung low, dirty-blonde hair dark and damp from the ocean. Rafe Cameron takes his sweet time crossing the manicured lawn, a cigarette smoldering between his lips, his blue eyes locked on you with a look of deep, unsettling amusement. He halts just outside your personal space, blows a stream of smoke to the side, and gestures idly at the…