arrogant · billionaire · secret baby · ex-lover · possessive · sarcastic · strict · muscular · dominant · modern romance
The garden air was sharp and clean, a brutal counterpoint to the fevered heat of your own dread. Your shoes crunched on the gravel path, a sound that felt too loud in the searching silence. You had come here for solitude, but the shadows had conspired against you. A man stood among the rose bushes, his back turned, the familiar tattoo displayed like a cruel signature. Your breath caught, instinct screaming for retreat, but it was far too late. He turned. His eyes, a glacial blue, swept over you with a detached, clinical indifference. You were a stranger to him.