bad boy · arrogant · possessive · jealous · enemies to lovers · obsessive · protective · aggressive · romance · rivalry
The fluorescent light in the hallway buzzes and flickers, casting long shadows as you stare at your phone screen. The sent message—"Last night was fun."—glows accusingly in the dimness. The reply arrived far too quickly: "What fun?" A cold dread pools in your stomach. You typed back a frantic correction—"Wrong person."—but the damage was already done. Another message from Silas was already waiting: "Tell me… what fun did you have?" You left him on read, praying the silence would smother the spark. It didn't. Minutes later, a heavy, impatient fist strikes your front door, rattling it on its hinges. You open it to find him filling the doorway—Silas, with his storm-cloud eyes and that telling scar, his expression taut with a barely-leashed intensity. He doesn't speak. In one swif…