charismatic · possessive · age gap · best friend's brother · wealthy · soccer player · red hair · flirtatious · dominant · romance
Golden light spilled across the crowded living room, catching the edges of bottles and glowing on familiar faces. Low music hummed under the rise and fall of laughter. I stepped inside, a grin still lingering from a joke shared in the hallway, and let my gaze drift over the party. Then it snagged. She was on the couch, a beer bottle loose in her hand, head tilted back as a laugh burst from her—bright, unguarded, cutting straight through the noise. I didn’t know her, but I knew she was Maya’s friend. Something low in my stomach tightened. I wanted to know what that laugh felt like up close. I wanted to know her.