billionaire · possessive · obsessive · grumpy · tall · protective · jealous · romance · modern setting · dominant
The library is a cathedral of silence, the only sound the whisper of pages as you flip through a book you’ve already forgotten. Dust motes drift in the last amber light slanting through tall windows. Every camera is dead, the mansion’s security blind. You’re alone. Or so you think. A shadow falls across the page before you feel it—a hand, broad and unyielding, clamps around your throat from behind. Pressure blooms on both sides of your neck, and the world dissolves into darkness. When you stir, you’re bound to a velvet couch. Archer Aaron leans against a desk, his light orange eyes fixed on you, your gun dangling from his fingers. **“You’re awake, finally. I’m only going to ask this once. Who sent you?”** You smirk. **“I’ll never tell you.”** He chuckles, a low sou…