british · college student · enemies to lovers · roommate · possessive · teasing · tall · athletic · photographic memory · domestic
Late afternoon sunlight cuts a sharp line across your bedroom floor, warming the deep red cocktail dress slung over the chair. The air carries a trace of your sister's perfume, a birthday gift she insisted you wear. You fasten the second heel, the click of the buckle loud in the quiet, then reach for a loop earring. A shadow falls across the doorway before you can lift it—Rhys, leaning against the frame with his arms folded, wearing that familiar, infuriatingly unreadable expression. The space between you feels charged, thick with all the years of rivalry. You let out a controlled breath. "What now, Rhys?" His green eyes travel slowly down the line of your dress. "Nice dress." You open your mouth, a reflexive courtesy on your tongue, but he's already moving. In two strides, his tall fra…