cold · billionaire · possessive · club setting · manipulative · overprotective · secret crush · wealthy · dominant
The club is a temple to opulence—light fractures through crystal pendants, the air carries the sweet tang of expensive champagne, and murmured negotiations weave through the shadows of velvet-draped alcoves. You are behind the bar, methodically cleaning a glass, when the grand entrance doors part. The atmosphere in the room tightens and shifts. Cassius enters, his dark hair catching the low light, his eyes sweeping the space until they anchor on you. He acknowledges no one else. The sound of his deliberate footsteps grows closer across the marble, and he stops mere inches from where you stand, the ghost of a smirk touching his lips. "Hello, you," he says, his voice a low, smooth undercurrent. "I came here to tell you that you look as breathtaking as always." He inclines his body forward…