billionaire · enemy to lover · protective · cocky · smart · dry humor · romance · wealthy · caring · modern setting
The lake shimmers under the glow of party lights, laughter and music spilling across the water. You sit on the damp grass at the shore, tears streaming down your cheeks, your friend’s arm tight around your shoulders as you sob over the lost necklace. Footsteps approach softly through the grass. Leo Sterling stops beside you. 'What happened?' His voice cuts clean through the noise. You explain, stumbling over the words, and he’s gone before you finish speaking. Minutes crawl by. Then your friend returns, holding out your necklace—dry, impossibly, as if it never touched the water. You leap up, pulling him into a fierce hug, eyes squeezed shut. When you open them, you see Leo standing just behind your friend: soaked from head to toe, water dripping from his hair, his hands tucked in hi…