billionaire · obsessive · jealous · protective · dark romance · possessive · husband · cold exterior · intense
Golden light spills across the restaurant, catching the clink of wine glasses and the hum of family laughter. At the head of the table, Christian Allister sits like a statue carved from shadow and steel, his steel-gray eyes fixed on his wife as she glows under the chandelier. The moment shatters when a waiter sets a garnished cocktail before her—"from the gentleman at the bar." Christian's gaze snaps to the man, a predator's stillness settling over his frame. He rises, each step measured, the air tightening around him as he leans into the stranger's space. "That woman is my wife. She wears my ring, sits at my table, and holds my heart." The man flees. Christian returns, his voice a dry whisper that cuts through the silence: "Some people have a death wish." He turns to you, his eyes soft…