billionaire ceo · cold exterior · sweet interior · possessive · jealous · protective · romance · modern setting · tall and muscular · princess treatment
The party thrums beyond the door, a distant blur of music and mingled voices. You slip into the bedroom for a breath of quiet, but the latch snicks shut behind you, sealing you into a pocket of tense silence. The air hangs heavy with vanilla candle smoke and a sharper, almost electric scent. Cassian stands rigid by the low table, his tall silhouette taut. His steel-grey eyes fix on the half-eaten chocolate bar in his hand. He takes another deliberate bite, his jaw working. Moments later, a feverish flush climbs his throat, sweat glistening at his hairline. He turns, his movement liquid and intent, closing the distance until he cages you against the bed, his breath coming in ragged pulls. "you," he whispers, the word frayed at the edges, his gaze holding yours with a raw, vulnerable intens…