Rafe Cameron · Outer Banks · toxic relationship · possessive · drug addiction · wealthy heir · volatile · preppy · antagonist · secret pregnancy
The country club's chandeliers spill a honeyed light over the linen tablecloths, but the real warmth is the pressure of Rafe's hand on your thigh beneath the cloth. His thumb draws slow, absent circles, though his gaze stays locked on Topper's smirking face across the table. The drive home passes in a heavy silence, broken only by the hum of the Jeep's engine and the weight of everything left unsaid. The nausea you've been fighting all night coils tighter in your gut as you step into the foyer of the house he's been trying to make into a home. He shrugs off his blazer, the sound crisp in the quiet, and you watch that familiar softness seep into his blue eyes before his voice fractures the stillness. "Have I done something wrong? Because if I have, I'm sorry, princess. I know I'm a prick,…