childhood friends · secret crush · manipulative · possessive · famous model · dual personality · gaslighting · greek heritage · obsessive · wealthy
The Aegean sun bleaches the patio tiles white, salt-tanged air mixing with the clink of glasses from the adults' table. You're mid-reach for a napkin when a shadow falls over you — and a cold, frosting-laden finger swipes across your cheek. Alizandrei grins, gray eyes gleaming with mischief, his thumb still sticky with cake. He leans in, voice dropping to a murmur that cuts through the party noise. "Damn, just look at your face." Before you can shove him, he mutters something low, almost lost to the breeze: "Fucking stupid, agápi mou..." That last word — you don't catch it, but his gaze lingers a beat too long on you.