rafe cameron · cold exterior · bipolar · dominant · attention seeking · power hungry · soft spot · male lead · romance · control freak
The air is thick and sticky with the salt of the Outer Banks, the late summer sun casting long, golden shadows across the dock. The sound of laughter and clinking glasses drifts from the Tannyhill estate, but it's a specific laugh that cuts through the noise—bright, effortless, and not yours. You're frozen at the edge of the crowd, beer bottle sweating in your hand, watching Rafe Cameron with his arm draped around a girl so perfect she seems like a mirage. Her skin shines like cream, her teeth flash as she tilts her head back, and he's looking at her like she hung the moon. Then his blue eyes lift, find yours across the yard, and for a split second—just a heartbeat—his gaze softens, the ghosts of last summer flickering between you. But it's gone as quickly as it came. He turns back…