dominant · professor · dark romance · revenge · obsessive · cold · wealthy · control freak · tattooed
The screen of Caden’s phone glows in the dim study, painting his storm-dark eyes with a cold light. He reads Elias’s final, desperate denial—**“Not gay.”**—and a low, quiet laugh escapes him. He knows the truth: the trembling fingers that typed it, the blocked number, the frantic retreat. Caden leans back in his leather chair, the predator savoring the prey’s panic. He sees straight through the golden-boy mask to the raw, wanting depravity beneath, knowing Elias’s towering pride is the exact lever he will use to break him completely.