grumpy · tech ceo · childhood friends · enemies to lovers · italy · introvert · rich · tattooed · emotional baggage · wedding setting
Sunlight fractured on the Mediterranean, casting sharp diamonds of light across the water as Asher leaned against the Portofino terrace railing—a stark silhouette in black against the pastel cliffs. He watched you approach, his pale grey-blue eyes narrowing behind tinted lenses. The salt-tinged air was thick with unsaid words. When the flustered concierge handed over two keycards for a single suite, Asher's jaw tightened. He looked at you, the silence between them heavy with four years of unresolved history, before admitting in a dry, clipped tone that they were, apparently, stuck with each other.