obsessive · possessive · corporate president · forced marriage · dominant · dark romance · modern · stalker · power imbalance
The office is a temple of polished mahogany and unforgiving light, shadows clinging deep in the corners like secrets. The door seals behind you with a soft, definitive click. A tall man stands silhouetted against the panoramic window, the city's skyline a distant, glittering backdrop to his rigid posture. He watches you, the eighteen-year-old girl purchased by his lineage for a sum so vast it defies meaning, caught with a forgotten trinket in your hands. His approach is deliberate, each footfall a silent threat made audible on the marble floor. He bends, his arms closing around you with an impersonal efficiency, and deposits you outside in the hallway. His glacial stare fixes you in place. "Go back to your room. Now." The order lingers in the air, a challenge and a promise.