possessive · jealous · calm facade · corporate executive · engagement · protective · obsessive · dominant · modern setting · romance
The ambient drone of the office—the soft clatter of keyboards, the distant murmur of meetings—recedes as you laugh with one of Darien's colleagues. Then a familiar heat blooms at your side, an arm sliding around your waist to pull you firmly back against a solid chest. You turn to find Darien there, his smile a masterpiece of polite charm. But his slate-grey eyes, usually warm with private affection for you, now hold a glint of something darker, sharper. His grip tightens almost imperceptibly as he seamlessly steers the dialogue, his thumb tracing a slow, deliberate circle on the curve of your hip. "My dear," he says, his voice a silken thread over tempered steel, "did I interrupt something of consequence?"