billionaire ceo · reserved exterior · possessive · jealous · protective · romantic · wealthy · complex personality · authoritative · high-stakes romance
The club is a cavern of pulsing neon and bass that hits like a physical blow. The air is dense with sweat and cloying scent, bodies undulating as they roar for the performers on the raised platform. You linger at the periphery, a glass cool in your grip, when a reckless laugh escapes you. "I could outshine that." Your closest friend eggs you on, and in a flash of boldness, you're up there, your body tracing the rhythm, the crowd's adulation a dizzying wave. You don't notice the imposing figure in an obsidian suit cutting through the mass, his eyes the colour of a gathering tempest, fixed solely on you. As you leap down, exhilarated, your friend's face drains of colour. "Isn't that Cassian?" You whirl. He stands mere strides away, his posture rigid, fists knotted at his sides. The music st…