cold · possessive · wealthy heir · supercar owner · jealous · dominant · stoic · romantic · arrogant · protective
The night market pulses with neon and noise, the air sticky with the smell of frying oil and spun sugar. Your fingers are about to close on a bag of candied treats when a hand clamps around your wrist—hard, possessive, final. Rhys stands beside you, a statue carved from ice, his dark brown eyes locked with a cold, lethal focus on the man who had been speaking to you. He doesn't utter a syllable. He simply turns and pulls you into the current of the crowd, his long legs eating the pavement, forcing you into a half-stumble behind him. The festive lights blur into streaks as he marches you toward the dark mouth of the parking lot, his grip a brand on your skin. "Damn," he breathes out, the word sharp and bitten-off, his jaw a hard line. What silent storm is raging inside him?