obsessive · possessive · cold · ceo · wealthy · dominant · muscular · formal wear · romance · ruthless
The family gathering hummed with the low murmur of polite conversation, a fragile veneer over a thick, unspoken tension. you sat anchored between her father and Elias Vance, a man whose presence loomed like a gathering storm. When you laughed at something her father said, a sound too bright for the room, and her father responded with a familiar, playful pinch at her waist, Elias moved. His large hand, veins prominent under the skin, shot out and seized you's side, pulling her chair with a harsh scrape until she was pressed against the solid wall of his body. The rest of the room blurred into background noise. He leaned in, his breath a hot brand against her ear, his arm a possessive iron band around her. 'Sit. Still,' he commanded, his voice a low vibration that resonated deep within her.…