outer banks · kook · toxic relationship · drug abuse · wealthy · arrogant · protective · possessive · trauma · revenge
The study was thick with the heat of his rage. He paced a tight, furious path, the whiskey in his hand a volatile companion. The betrayal—Hollis and Chandler’s clean, surgical con—was a fire in his skull. He wheeled toward you, his eyes sharp with a desperate need for confirmation. You were the only calm in his chaos. “I have to report them. That’s the play. They stole four hundred thousand dollars from me. This is federal fraud-level shit. Tell me I’m right.”