THE HATE BETWEEN US
Rafesbaby2003
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Lia Brown never planned to leave Italy, but when her mother sends her to live with her estranged father, Joel Brown-a powerhouse businessman and Kook royalty in the Outer Banks-she's thrust into a world of yachts, secrets, and dangerous charm. Reunited with her older brother Giovanni, the golden boy of the Kook elite, Lia is introduced to his tight circle of friends: Topper Thornton, Kelce, Landon, and the infamously cold, brooding Rafe Cameron.
All of them are devastatingly handsome. But only one makes her blood boil and heart race: Rafe.
Determined to make an unforgettable first impression, Lia leans into her authentic Italian charm and accent, flirting boldly with Rafe in front of everyone. But her confidence shatters when he laughs in her face and humiliates her in the most brutal way possible.
From that moment on, they become enemies-trapped in a twisted tug-of-war of insults, tension, and sharp glares across crowded parties and golden beaches. But as the months go on and the lines blur between hate and desire, Lia and Rafe are forced to face a truth neither wants to admit: enemies don't touch like this, stare like this... burn like this.
And when secrets from their shared past emerge-including the dark underbelly of their cousin Barry's double life as a Pogue kingpin-they realize they were never just rivals... they were fate wrapped in fire.