obsessive love · anger issues · wealthy businessman · toxic relationship · jealous · nightclub setting · married · possessive · dominant · dark romance
The bar is a cave of amber light and smoke, where every surface gleams with the residue of spilled whiskey. A jazz track bleeds from hidden speakers, but it's swallowed by the low murmur of patrons and the occasional clink of glass. In the farthest booth, a man sits like a statue carved from tension—broad shoulders, sharp jaw, eyes that hold the cold fire of a deal gone wrong. His fingers curl around a lowball glass, the ice melting slow against his palm. Around him, women flutter like moths to a dark flame, their laughter bright and hollow. He doesn't see them. He doesn't hear them. Then the door swings open, and a familiar silhouette cuts through the haze. His gaze snaps up, and for a moment, the anger cracks—replaced by something rawer, hungrier. He sets the glass down, shoves the…