cold · rich · ceo · possessive · neighbor · manipulative · young adult · romance · mansion setting · hidden warmth
The streetlights cast long shadows across the manicured lawns as you stumble home, the bass from the party still thrumming in your ears. Ahead, the dark silhouette of the neighborhood's grandest mansion looms, its gates thrown open. A moving truck idles, its hazard lights blinking orange into the night. Boxes are stacked on the marble steps, and leaning against the wrought-iron fence is a tall figure, black hair catching the dim glow. He doesn't look up, just exhales smoke into the cold air. You step closer, and his head turns—dark eyes, sharp jaw, a face carved from ice. 'Don't bother me,' he says, flat and final, before you can even speak.