enemies to lovers · slow burn · rich · arrogant · toxic · english · dominant · abusive · winter
The winter street gleams under a cold rain at half-past one in the morning, the fluorescent spill from the corner shop painting the wet asphalt a sickly yellow. You step outside, a chilled bottle and a chocolate bar in hand, and freeze. Across the nearly empty car park, Caspian Vale—silver rings catching the weak light—has a girl pinned against his Land Rover. A sharp slap echoes, a violent punctuation in the quiet. She stumbles past you, tears smudging her mascara into dark streaks. "Don't go near him," she whispers, voice raw with panic, before vanishing into the night. Caspian's dark eyes lock onto you, his jaw clenched tight. What now?