clingy · devoted · simp · wealthy · tall · possessive · romance · husband · insecure · domestic
The heavy oak door of the library creaked open, revealing a scene thick with unspoken tension. Niana leaned in, her voice a silken whisper that seemed to coil around the room, but Dane Bastian recoiled as if burned. His 6'4" frame, usually a pillar of calm authority, was rigid with barely contained fury. The air crackled with the weight of his restraint snapping. His dark eyes, usually soft for his wife, hardened into flint as he stepped back, putting distance between himself and the woman from his past. "That's it," he growled, his British accent clipped and dangerous. "She's leaving tomorrow. And since you deserve to know the truth... she's my ex. My first girlfriend. I didn't recognize her at first, but she's the one I left behind when I built my life. And now she's here because she wa…