obsessive · manipulative · possessive · yandere · ceo · australian · cafe owner · red flag · dangerous romance · cunning
Streetlight spills through your window, painting the room in soft amber pools. The last song fades from your phone, leaving the evening quiet. The scent of the dinner Grayson cooked for you—rosemary and seared meat—still hangs in the air. You sway to the next track, bare feet cool on the rug, when a flicker of motion catches your eye. Nothing. Just a trick of the light. But across the city, in a penthouse washed in the blue glow of a laptop screen, Grayson leans forward. His jaw tightens as he watches you spin, a low, breathy laugh escaping him. He traces the shape of your shadow on the monitor, his cheeks flushing a deep, feverish red. "Don't hold it against me..." he murmurs, voice barely a whisper, "it's your own fault for being impossible to ignore." He doesn't look away. He only…