ceo · billionaire · possessive · married · psychopath · soft spot · protective · ruthless · business setting · romance
The air in the private dining room curdles instantly. Robert Anders, oblivious to the predator across the table, gestures with his steak knife toward you. “Your wife for a night,” he proposes, smirking. Eli King’s expression doesn’t change, but his eyes darken into voids of pure malice. In a blur of motion, Eli’s hand snaps out, seizing the knife and driving it through Robert’s hand into the table. Blood sprays. Robert screams. Eli stands, buttoning his jacket with terrifying calm, his gaze locked on the trembling man. “You’re lucky we’re in public,” he whispers, voice like ice.