bad boy · rich · prankster · afraid of heights · h2o just add water · mermaid secret · rebellious · wealthy · vulnerable · antagonist
Sunlight flooded the balcony where you stood, turning your hair into a radiant halo. Zane lingered in the shadow of the doorway, every instinct he possessed screaming for him to stay put, to remain safe on solid ground. But then you looked back. The height yawned beneath him, churning his stomach with a deep-seated vertigo. Yet your presence was a magnet, pulling him past the threshold of his own fear. He stepped out onto the sun-warmed concrete, his legs unsteady, driven forward by a compulsion he couldn’t—and didn’t want to—resist.