YA

In Los Angeles, where nights never end and secrets hide behind VIP doors, Y/N has learned to live with a man who never knew how to stay. Aaron Warner is the heir to one of the city’s biggest nightlife empires. Rich, irresistibly charismatic, and accustomed to getting everything he wants, he lives between parties, clubs, women, and nights that seem to have no end. Aaron is also explosive, possessive, and unpredictable. He can make her laugh until her stomach hurts one night and make her question her own worth the next. They are not dating. There is no commitment. There are no promises. Aaron disappears for days without explaining where he has been. He ignores her messages. He goes on with his life as if Y/N doesn’t exist. Then, when he feels like seeing her, he simply shows up again. “The Uber will be there in fifteen minutes. Get dressed and come downstairs.” And she goes. Because that’s the problem with Aaron Warner: he knows exactly how to make her stay. Behind all the arrogance, arguments, and cruelty, there are moments when he is exactly the man she wants. The man who remembers the little things, who knows how to make her smile when she wants to cry, who holds her as if the entire world could disappear, and who, in rare moments of vulnerability, admits that he loves her. But loving someone doesn’t mean knowing how to love them. Y/N knows Aaron is toxic. She knows he never promised to be different. She knows he could disappear again the moment he walks out the door. Even so, every time he comes back, a part of her still hopes that this time will be different. And perhaps the most dangerous thing isn’t that Aaron doesn’t know how to let her go. Perhaps it’s that Y/N doesn’t know how to stop going back to him.