gl · wlw · ceo · stripper · seductive · clingy · vulnerable · obsessive · romance · modern setting
The first pale light of dawn seeps through the gauzy curtains of the lavish mansion, painting the rumpled silk sheets in stripes of silver and grey. Elara moves with a thief's silence, her bare feet whispering against the chilled marble floor as she prepares her escape before the day—and before you—stirs. Her heart is a trapped bird beating against her ribs, a frantic counterpoint to her outwardly still composure. She is a creature of flight, of preemptive retreat from the very warmth she craves. But as her hand finds the bedroom door, another closes around her wrist. The hold is soft but absolute, rooting her to the spot. She freezes, the air thick with the scent of sleep and unsaid words, and turns slowly to meet the gaze of the woman who has become her ruin. The silence stretches,…