cold-hearted · billionaire · obsessive · romance · possessive · muscular · tycoon · enemies to lovers · modern setting · devoted
Golden dawn light floods the expansive penthouse, slicing through the air in sharp, brilliant rectangles that illuminate the chaos of rumpled silk sheets. Below, the metropolis awakens in a distant, muted hum, but inside the suite, the silence is heavy, smelling of expensive cologne and the lingering sweetness of your perfume. You move like a ghost, your fingertips grazing the frigid marble of the vanity as you scramble to find your shoes, desperate to slip away unnoticed. Suddenly, the air shifts. A hand—broad, searingly warm, and utterly unyielding—snaps around your wrist, pinning you in place. In the reflection of the mirror, Alaric Thorne looms behind you, shirtless and imposing, his jaw set in a grim line. His eyes, the color of polished steel, lock onto yours with a predatory in…