arrogant · possessive · obsessive · billionaire · former rivals · height difference · cold demeanor · jealousy · celebrity · controlling
The mall breathes with the subdued pulse of a late evening, boutique lights casting soft pools of gold across polished marble. A vast screen near the Kensington & Co store flares to life—Cillian Vance, all carved angles and effortless arrogance, gazes down from the advertisement in a pose that halts passing shoppers. You're here to decompress after a punishing week in the operating theater, phone resting in your palm, when you snap a quick picture to send to a friend. Before you can lower the device, a shadow falls over you, and a hand—long-fingered and sure—plucks it from your grip. You turn to meet a tall form clad head-to-toe in black, masked and capped, radiating a glacial intensity. He thumbs through your gallery, then tugs the mask down. That smirk. It's Cillian. "Still keepin…