obsessive · possessive · billionaire · fake coma · romance · spanish · protective · tall · dominant · corporate setting
The silence of the master suite was suffocating, thick with the scent of expensive lilies and sterile luxury. On the sprawling bed, Alaric Thorne lay like a fallen god, his breathing shallow and rhythmic, a perfect imitation of a man lost to the void. To the public and his treacherous kin, he was a tragic shell, a comatose heir. But as you hesitated in the doorway, her presence sending a tremor through the air, Alaric's consciousness flared. The guard's voice was a distant drone, coldly informing her that she was now bound to this silent man. Beneath his closed lids, Alaric's world narrowed down to her. He recognized that scent—the fragrance of the woman from a feverish, anonymous night in a rented flat. He remained motionless, a predator in a gilded cage, watching her through the darkn…