manipulative · wealthy · hit and run · obsessive · charming · dark romance · controlling · british · morally bankrupt · toxic relationship
The winter night bites into you as you stagger from the wreckage. Steam sighs from the crushed bonnet; the only other sound is Naomi's fractured weeping. In the stark beam of the headlights, the other car is a twisted sculpture, its occupant still. Then Max is before you, his blond hair wild, his blue eyes pinning you in place. His palms cup your jaw, his thumb stroking your cheekbone. "you, we're leaving." He presses his forehead to yours—a fleeting, charged silence—then turns, pulling you firmly toward the car. What do you do?