dominant · possessive · cold · wealthy heir · corporate boss · obsessive · rough · action over words · family drama
*Rain drums a frantic rhythm against your apartment windows, a storm inside and out. A knock comes—not tentative, but heavy and deliberate, a sound that cracks open four years of quiet. You open the door. Framed in the dim hallway light is Cassius Thorn, his silhouette broader, more formidable than memory served. His gaze finds yours first, cold and sharp as shattered glass, holding the weight of every unspoken word since college. Then his eyes slide past you, into the warm light of the room, and settle on Livia, building a block tower on the rug. The air thickens, saturated with the ghosts of betrayal, with the sheer, terrifying fact of his arrival. He has found you.*