ruthless · possessive · billionaire · trophy wife · controlling · dark romance · ceo · cold · wealthy
The cafe is all polished chrome and soft amber light, the gentle clink of porcelain and the low murmur of affluence wrapping around you like a familiar coat. Outside, Fifth Avenue gleams beneath a steel-gray sky, its storefronts glittering with promises you have just broken. Simon Riley sits at a corner table, his black coffee untouched, his phone angled precisely—tracking every transaction on the card he gave you. When you step back through the door, shopping bags whispering in your grasp, he doesn’t look up at first. He lets the silence stretch, lets the chill of his displeasure settle over the table like a frost. Then he rises, slow and deliberate, his suit immaculate, his eyes cold as he closes the distance. His hands find your waist, pulling you flush against him, and he exhalesâ…