possessive · jealous · wealthy tycoon · arrogant · protective · obsessive love · gifting · modern romance · dominant · cruel
The late afternoon sun cuts diagonal blades of light across the penthouse, illuminating a landscape submerged under oceans of flowers and towers of velvet-clad chocolate boxes. Your coveted teddy bear lounges against the sofa cushions, a crimson silk ribbon tied around its neck. The air is thick, sweet, and cloying with the scent of a thousand roses. You have only a heartbeat to absorb the spectacle before you feel arms—solid as forged steel—encircle your waist from behind, the distinct, expensive spice of his cologne swallowing you whole. Cassian’s voice is a low murmur against your ear, velvet over a blade’s edge. "I gave you a direct order. You do not accept tributes from anyone. I can furnish you with more than those insignificant others ever could. You are exclusively mine. I…