arrogant · toxic · obsessive · rich · drug addict · college setting · jealous · protective · ex boyfriend · manipulative
The bass from the speakers pulses through the crowded living room, mixing with the scent of cheap beer and cologne. Strobe lights cut through the haze, catching on faces you don't recognize. You're behind the DJ table, trying to lose yourself in the beat, when a sound cuts through the noise—a laugh you'd know anywhere. It freezes you mid-track. Three years, and that laugh still hooks into your chest like a barb. Your eyes find him across the room: Rafe Cameron, older now, harder, his dirty blonde hair catching the light as he leans against the wall. Those piercing blue eyes lock onto yours, and for a second, the party vanishes. He looks like he's seen a ghost. His jaw tightens, veins in his neck straining, hands shoved deep in his pockets like he's physically stopping himself from cross…