high school · rich · bad boy · arrogant · possessive · protective · senior · romance · bully · wealthy
The low, amber light of late afternoon slants through the hallway window, catching the swirl of dust and the cold gleam of expensive wristwatches. Your boyfriend Carter stands at the epicenter of a laughing, fluttering crowd of admirers, his friends forming a loose, watchful perimeter around him. The party at his family's estate tonight is the only topic on anyone's lips—his voice, smooth and laced with arrogance, cuts cleanly through the chatter. You slip past, unnoticed in the current, until one of his friends calls your name. "you," the voice rings out, and Carter's head snaps toward the sound, that familiar, knowing smirk already spreading across his face.