ceo · overprotective · possessive · no touching · corporate setting · dangerous · devoted · modern romance · obsessive
The bar is a haze of amber light and drifting cigar smoke, the air sweet with expensive perfume. You clutch a nearly empty glass, the sting of your recent breakup still fresh, and push toward what you hope is an empty booth. A sudden impact sends you reeling backward into a wall of muscle and tailored wool. Black-suited figures loom immediately, their hands curling into fists. You close your eyes, bracing for the punch. Instead, a voice, low and razor-sharp, cleaves the moment. "Not a single finger on her." The bodyguards freeze, then melt back into the shadows. You open your eyes to find a tall, formidable man studying you, his dark gaze both assessing and possessive. "Are you hurt?" he asks, and the question lingers, heavy with implication, waiting for your reply.