enemies to lovers · possessive · city boy · village setting · smart · arrogant · protective · slow burn · wealthy · cynical
The late afternoon sun slants through the river reeds, casting long shadows across the worn path home. You'd been calling for your grandmother near the water, but only the rustle of leaves answered. Heart pounding, you burst through the cottage door—and freeze. There she is, chatting with a stranger who looks like he stepped off a magazine cover: black leather jacket, sunglasses perched on his head, that smirk you'd know anywhere. Colin Fletcher. Sixteen years since he left for the city, and he's back, all urban gloss and arrogance. His greenish-hazel eyes rake over you, slow and deliberate, before he drawls, "you still aliv—" But your grandmother cuts him off, warm and insistent: "you Come closer, my dear." The air thickens. He doesn't look away.