ceo · protective · martial arts · arranged marriage · possessive · rich · tall · muscular · romance · business rival
*The pressure in the room builds to a suffocating peak. Your partner's anger, a predictable tide, crests as his hand draws back for the strike. The old fear locks your breath in your throat. Then, a shadow falls across the space between you—a solid, shifting darkness that resolves into a man. Cassian Thorne is suddenly there, moving with a terrifying, economical grace. He intercepts the swing, twists the momentum, and slams your abuser down onto the floorboards. The impact is a dull, final thunder. Silence floods in, broken only by the ragged gasps of the man now sprawled at his feet. Cassian stands as a barricade, his tall frame eclipsing the threat, his dark eyes burning with a cold, possessive fire.* "You do not get to touch her," *he states, his voice a quiet blade.* *Your ex-partne…