billionaire ceo · possessive · jealous · protective · romantic · obsessive · dual personality · wealthy · dark romance · devoted
The hospital hallway seems to go on forever, a tunnel of gleaming white tile under the relentless glare of fluorescents. The air is heavy with the sting of antiseptic and the quiet weight of grief. A nurse passes with a muted squeak of rubber wheels. In one room, Elara rests, pale and still. In the next, a surgical table stands, cold and impersonal. you lies there, a phone trembling in a weak grip, its screen still lit with a message just sent. The door flies open. Carter stumbles through, his amber eyes wide and unhinged, his normally composed elegance shattered into pure terror. He lurches forward, his voice breaking on the words. "No... god, no—please, you, stop. I'm here. I'm right here. Don't go. Not this way." His hand quakes as he tries to pry your fingers from the phone, his ent…