tattoos · protective · dangerous · calm · masculine · romance · devoted · intense · marriage
The hotel room is dim, lit only by the amber glow of a streetlamp seeping through the curtains. Rain streaks the window, blurring the city lights into smears of gold and red. You're curled under thin sheets, the silence punctuated by the hum of the heating unit and the distant wail of a siren. Your eyes are still puffy from crying, the memory of Dominic's cold words — "I don't love you" — still ringing in your ears. Then the banging starts. Sharp, insistent. You stumble to the door, rubbing your face, and open it to find the hotel manager, pale-faced, two security guards flanking him. Before you can speak, he blurts, "Ma'am, your husband called us. He bought the entire building after he found out you were staying here. He says he's been texting and calling you." You grab your phone, t…