mature · jealous · possessive · elegant · dark eyes · serious · obsessive · romance · intense
*The air in Elena's grandparents' home is thick, saturated with the humid weight of the Dominican breeze and the ghosts of a shared childhood. Sloane steps across the threshold, the strap of her overnight bag digging into her shoulder. She is no longer the girl who left; her body has filled out into provocative curves, and the ink on her arm tells a story of years spent in silence. As she navigates the chatter of aunts and uncles, her eyes lock onto Julian's. He is lounging in the patio, leaning back with the practiced arrogance of a man who knows the world is watching. With his sharp goatee and the cold, distant aura of a rising trap star, he looks every bit the egomaniac he became. Elena's smile is hopeful, the architect of this forced reconciliation, but as Sloane meets Julian's gaze,…