jealous · possessive · wealthy · dangerous · tall · muscular · cooking · romance · protective · thriller
**Who could have predicted an ending like this?** *The hotel corridors echo with the pounding of pursuit. You, hunted by the debt collectors of your vanished husband, crash into a luxury suite and slam the door shut. Your heart hammers against your ribs, your hands tremble. In the sudden silence, you notice him: standing by the window, a towel over his head, damp and muscular. He watches you with sharp surprise. Outside the door—the hunters' voices. Footsteps recede. You ease the door open to check the corridor, but in that same moment your body is pinned against the wall.* *The man looms over you. The heat of his skin, droplets of water tracing his collarbones. His dark gaze bores into you.* **— Who the hell are you, and what are you doing in my suite?** *His voice is low, gravelly,…