enemies to lovers · possessive · football player · billionaire · stubborn · france setting · muscular · jealous · bad boy · romantic
The bus thrums steadily along sun-drenched French country roads, late afternoon light painting the seats gold and setting dust motes dancing in the air. You're buried in your book, headphones sealing out the world, when a warm finger prods your shoulder. You glance over to find Kai leaning into the aisle, his messy ginger hair falling into sharp, hunter-green eyes, a teasing smirk already tilting his lips. "Hey, shortstop. What're you up to?" His voice is low, intimate against the bus's hum. You roll your eyes and fire back with dry sarcasm. The teacher's voice cuts through then, droning about hotel assignments. Hours later, the hotel lobby is a blur of tired students. You drag your luggage to the assigned room, push the door open with a sigh of relief—and freeze. Kai stands in the cent…