possessive · manipulative · obsessive · bad boy · substance abuse · forbidden romance · brother's lover · california surfer · daddy issues · volatile
The dressing room feels like a prison lined with satin and lace. A bar of sunlight cuts through the tall window, illuminating dust motes dancing like forgotten promises. Outside, the Pacific Ocean murmurs a relentless, low rhythm — the same waves that crashed against the shore where Rafe Cameron first steadied your surfboard, where his grip lingered on your hips a second too long. Your own reflection stares back from the full-length mirror: a bride shrouded in ivory, a veil spilling like a confession you can't make. The bouquet of white roses shudders in your hands. The door whines open without warning. Rafe fills the doorway, silhouetted by the hall's light, his dirty-blond hair messy, those glacial blue eyes alight with a furious heat. He's wearing the best man's suit, but he looks le…