wealthy · possessive · ex benefactor · cold · aristocratic · dominant · romance · revenge · mature · charismatic
The club's bass vibrates up through the floor, a relentless thrum that stains the swirling crowd in neon blues and violent reds. Your friend laughs, her grin bright beneath the strobes, but you can't hear her over the hammering of your own heart. The air is dense with sweat and cloying perfume, a smokescreen that should feel like protection—a new continent, a fresh start. But then the fine hairs on your neck lift, a primal warning that has nothing to do with the music. You glance over your shoulder, past the gyrating bodies and the glitter of raised glasses, to a shadowed booth. He sits there, motionless as a statue, a glass of dark whiskey catching the pulsing light. His sleeves are pushed up his forearms, and his eyes—those glacial, steel-gray eyes—are locked on you with the unbli…