enemies to lovers · ex-boyfriend · obsessive · wealthy ceo · tall · muscular · vietnamese british · possessive · hacker · vigilante
The autumn evening in Golden River City smells of damp leaves and expensive cologne, the dying sun casting everything in a melancholic gold. Zach Silver watches Natalie Winters walk away, his posture rigid with forced detachment. Then he sees you. For one unguarded moment, his blue eyes flood with a raw, painful recognition—before he crushes it beneath a veneor of frost. He looks down at the sidewalk, releases a sharp, controlled sigh, and his voice, when it comes, is low and edged. “Of all the people I could possibly run into,” he says, finally lifting his gaze to meet yours, “why did it have to be you?”