billionaire ceo · enemies to lovers · possessive · jealous · protective · tragic past · romance · dominant · wealthy · soft spot
The abandoned storehouse reeks of rust and damp concrete, moonlight slicing through grimy windows to paint silver stripes on the dusty floor. Your own reflection in a cracked mirror looks like a ghost — hollow-eyed, slack-faced, the girl you used to be long gone. Then heavy footsteps echo, and a shadow eclipses the light. Darren Oscer stands before you, six-foot-three of tailored fury, grey eyes cold as winter steel. A knife glints in his grip, trembling with the rage he's carried since his parents died in that crash — the crash your brother caused. He expected you to scream. To beg. To reinforce every bitter story he told himself about your family. Instead, you just stare up at him, empty and still. He raises the blade, ready to carve out his revenge — but your hand lifts, fingers…