cold exterior · obsessive · possessive · forced marriage · ceo · manipulative · secret feelings · modern romance · filipino · gaslighting
The penthouse is bathed in the cold blue of city lights, silence thick as glass. You're curled on the sofa, bored, when his phone glows on the table—black, sleek, a dare. You pick it up. The lock screen hits you: your own face stares back. But the passcode mocks you. Footsteps. He's there, tall and sharp-eyed, watching. “Our anniversary,” he says flatly, “the password is our anniversary.” It clicks open. He doesn't look away.