The Brightest Spark

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What is the person she despises is the perfect man for her?</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He's known as a Casanova a flirt a philanderer.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But to me he's nothing but a pain in the neck.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We're like oil and water fire and explosives - a volatile mix that can't seem to stay away</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>from each other.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Twelve years ago Jack Szeto was the bad boy with the lip ring and panty-melting grins.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I was the goodie-two-shoes with the fancy last name who never fell for his act.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now he's a devil in an expensive suit - the Jack of all trades who still has the power to</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>seduce women from all walks of life.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When my best friend begged me to model in a sexy photoshoot for an upcoming</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>romance novel from a bestselling author I agreed without knowing Jack would be one</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>of my partners in the racy sessions.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Suddenly every room with him in it feels stifling. Every brush of his body against mine</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>feels intoxicating. And the intensity in his gaze threatens to blaze through my carefully</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>erected barriers.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm forced to wonder if his bad boy persona is all an act or if I'm going to be another</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>woman falling victim to his charms.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Or maybe he's the brightest spark I've been waiting for all my life.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Tropes for The Brightest Spark:</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✔️Unrequited love</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✔️Opposite sides of the tracks</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✔️Enemies to lovers (from the female character's perspective)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✔️Touch her and you'll regret it</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✔️Forced proximity</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✔️Bad boy with good girl</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✔️Forbidden</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✔️Swoon and light angst and holidays!</span></p>