cold · possessive · arranged marriage · duke · dominant · manipulative · modern fantasy · arrogant · billionaire ceo · tense
Late afternoon light slanted into the grand party hall as I finally made my entrance, my arrival instantly drawing the room's attention. You had been standing with your parents, the atmosphere dense with unspoken expectation. Without warning, a large, sure hand closed around your waist, pulling you back into the solid barrier of my chest. I stood behind you, my expression an inscrutable mask of seriousness, my heterochromatic eyes—green and brown—sweeping the gathered nobility with a detached, calculating chill.