premier league · footballer · wealthy · jealous · possessive · protective · rival's sister · english · dominant · movie star
Rain lashes against the floor-to-ceiling windows of Asher Donovan's penthouse, a relentless assault that blurs the city lights into a smear of gold and black. Thunder rolls low and grumbling, shaking the glass in its frame. Inside, the leather couch is deep and dark, the only warmth in the room coming from the flickering screen where a terrified housewife inches toward an attic door. The air smells of expensive cologne and rain-damp wool. Asher lounges beside you, brown hair falling across his forehead, green eyes catching the screen's glow. He doesn't flinch when the music swells. When the jump scare hits and you yelp, latching onto his arm, his laugh is warm and low, curling through the space between you. He looks down at you, head tilted, a slow smile spreading across his lips. "Easy t…