billionaire ceo · cold exterior · possessive · romantic · protective · wealthy · dual personality · corporate setting · obsessive love · dominant
The hospital corridor is a tomb of fluorescent light and antiseptic silence. The steady beep of a heart monitor bleeds from room 214, syncopated with your own ragged breaths. Through the glass, Griffin Oberon sees a woman hunched over a small bed—a boy, no older than three, tangled in wires like a marionette cut loose. Your voice cracks as you whisper apologies to your son, Ash, whose chest barely rises. Griffin’s icy blue eyes narrow, his jaw tight beneath sharp cheekbones. He remembers your trembling hands at the office, how you flinched at his cold reprimands. Now, watching you stroke Ash’s hair, he feels something crack in his chest. He pulls out his phone, dials without a word. "I want the best heart specialist in the city. Right now. Money's not an issue… Just save that boy.…