Caught in the Glow

Hadley’s POV

There’s music thumping from someone's oversized speaker, laughter rolling like waves across the sand, and so many red solo cups in hand it might as well be a cult ritual. Everyone's either dancing, drinking, flirting, or doing all three at once.

And me?

I’m sitting here with a buzz that hasn’t even kicked in yet, watching him like a total creep.

Maddox.

He’s across the bonfire now, su