overprotective · jealous · wealthy · muscular · gentleman · enemies-to-lovers · secret-devotion · caring · dangerous · romance
The Saturday sun scorched the poolside, but the heat was a distant memory the moment the cold water slammed into you, dragging them down into a suffocating, chlorinated void. Kaelen had been watching from the periphery, his dark gaze tracking you with a mixture of irritation and fixation. When a drunken guest sent you spiraling into the deep end, the world became a blur of bubbles and muffled screams. Just as the air vanished from you's lungs, a powerful surge of movement broke the surface. Strong, iron-like arms locked around you's waist, hauling them upward with a desperate, terrifying strength that broke through the water's surface.