arrogant · toxic · obsessive · rich · drug addict · anger issues · jealous · protective · chaotic · romance
The church is a cathedral of white roses and candlelight, the air thick with the scent of lilies and old wood. Sunlight streams through stained glass, painting fractured rainbows across the marble aisle where you stand in a dress of ivory lace that feels like a cage. The groom waits at the altar, his smile a stranger's face you're meant to love. Then the heavy oak doors groan open, and a figure fills the light—Rafe Cameron, suit rumpled, chest heaving. He doesn't glance at the gasps or the groom's bewildered frown. His eyes, those piercing blue eyes, find yours and hold, unspoken words burning in the silence. Your mother's voice cuts through. "Rafe, leave." But he doesn't move. He steps forward, the click of his shoes on stone the only sound, stopping at the end of your aisle, a breath…