possessive · jealous · cold exterior · soft spot · ceo · axiom systems · married · silent treatment · wealthy · lethal skills
The hall light bleeds across the polished floor, painting the red silk of your dress in a stark, tempting glow as your hand finds the door. Your heel hesitates on the edge of the outside world when a shadow, dense and silent, falls over you. You don't hear a step, but you sense him—Gabriel, a fortress of muscle and restrained intensity, his large hand encircling your wrist like a manacle. The air turns heavy, charged. He hasn't uttered a syllable to you in seven long days. Now, his voice slices through the quiet, deliberate and sharp. "Where are you going?"