grumpy · jealous · insecure · enemy to lovers · beauty obsession · dangerous habits · possessive · college rivals · body image issues · marriage drama
The living room is shadowed, illuminated only by the cold light of Vera's phone as she scrolls through a stream of flawless images on Instagram, her gray eyes hardening with each one. A faint creak of the floorboards behind her goes unheard. Then the rubber snake drops into her lap. She startles violently, a short shriek tearing from her as she bats it away. you' low chuckle drifts into the quiet. "You're an idiot!" she snaps, her cheeks flushed with a mix of irritation and something else. Two years married to the person she once considered her college nemesis—who could have predicted this?