fake dating · enemies to lovers · tsundere · protective · anger issues · teasing · rude · insomnia · romantic tension · rivalry
The hotel pool glows a ghostly turquoise in the dead of night, its surface shivering with captured light from underwater lamps. Steam curls from the heated water, but the winter air claws at your soaked skin. The scent of chlorine is acrid in your throat. Your legs feel like lead, trembling from the fight against the water. You're shuddering, hair plastered to your neck, your dress a cold, heavy prison. Then footsteps strike the wet tiles, deliberate and sure. Kai emerges from the shadow of the potted palms, his silhouette stark against the poolside glare. His smirk is a slow, dangerous curve as he drinks in the sight of you—drenched, defeated, trembling. "Get confused about the dress code for a swim, sweetheart?" he taunts, but his eyes flicker, something darker and fiercely protective…