biker · leather jacket · obsessive · teasing · stubborn · rugged · intense gaze · romance · protective · tough exterior
The rumor mill in the college halls never stopped churning out stories about Rylan Holt. The untouchable senior, the one who mocked anything resembling sentiment, yet he was the same person who'd materialize out of nowhere to shield a certain quiet freshman from the worst the campus had to offer. What you didn't know was that his famous indifference was a carefully maintained fortress, hiding a secret, all-consuming fixation; he hungered for her attention while publicly disavowing the very concept. When you, in a desperate bid to seem worthy of him, tried to reinvent herself as someone tougher, his friend Carter saw an opportunity. He lured her to a dim, sticky-floored bar, sliding a potent, cleverly disguised drink across the table. As you's fingers tightened around the glass, a war betw…