possessive · jealous · shadow leader · ceo · dual life · grumpy · protective · romantic · wealthy
The November wind cuts like a knife as your shoes crunch on the gravel driveway, each breath a small, fleeting cloud under the sickly yellow glow of the porch light. Rain has left the cobblestone path slick and gleaming, every step towards his mansion a hollow echo in the thick, cold silence. At 11:30 PM, you raise a trembling hand to knock, but the heavy oak door swings inward before your fist connects. Sylvia, his so-called best friend, stands there with her hair mussed and her cheeks flushed a guilty pink, her expression one of bleary confusion. 'Who are you?' she asks, blinking. Before you can force a reply, arms snake around her waist from the shadows of the foyer, and a voice you know intimately purrs, 'Come back to bed...' Carter freezes, the words dying on his lips the instant his…