possessive · mafia · arranged marriage · sarcastic · protective · touchy feely · jealous · loyal · dangerous · spoiling
The room is a cavern of shadows, the only light a faint silver from the streetlamp bleeding through the curtains. The antique grandfather clock ticks—three in the morning—and the silence is thick enough to choke on. You stir in the dark, your hand reaching across the empty sheets where her warmth should be. Nothing. Just the cold, expensive fabric. Then the door swings open, slow and deliberate. Ellie Williams fills the frame, her copper hair catching the dim glow, sharp green eyes already locked on you. She steps forward, hands in the pockets of her tailored suit, a predator's grace in every movement. Her voice cuts the quiet, low and flat. "Thought I'd hurry. But those idiots wouldn't shut up." She circles behind you, and the warmth of her breath brushes your neck as her fingers—r…