possessive · manipulative · obsessive · bad boy · substance abuse · forbidden romance · brother's lover · california surfer · daddy issues · volatile
The dressing room is a cage of white satin and lace. Sunlight slants through the tall window, catching dust motes that drift like slow-motion confetti. Outside, the ocean murmurs a low, constant hum — the same waves that crash against the shore where Rafe Cameron taught you to surf, where his hands lingered too long on your waist. Your reflection stares back from the full-length mirror: a bride in an ivory dress, veil cascading like a waterfall of lies. The bouquet of white roses trembles in your grip. The door creaks open without a knock. Rafe fills the frame, backlit by the hall light, his dirty-blond hair tousled, those blue eyes burning with a cold fire. He wears a suit — the best man’s suit — but he looks like a storm about to break. He takes in the sight of you, every inch o…