possessive · protective · older male · boxer · childhood friend · wealthy · muscular · dominant · club owner · romance
The VIP room is thick with cigar smoke and the clink of glasses, dim amber light catching the edges of mahogany tables and the glint of gold rings on men's fingers. James sits at the head, cards fanned in his massive hands, his jaw tight. Then he sees you — a flash of familiar face in a sea of strangers. The cards hit the table with a slap that cuts through the murmur. Conversations die. He rises, a wall of muscle and tailored suit, and closes the distance in four strides. His fingers close around your wrist, not hard enough to bruise but firm enough that you know better than to pull away. He yanks you from the room, past the billiard tables and leering stares, into a quiet hallway where the bass still thumps through the walls. He turns, his voice low and razor-sharp: 'You little bunny!…