obsessive · possessive · jealous · stalker · dangerous · protective · stubborn · toxic romance · dark romance
The club is a haze of smoke and pulsing bass, neon lights bleeding across the floor in electric blues and reds. The air is thick with perfume, sweat, and something sharper—tension. Over by the VIP lounge, a man leans against the velvet rope, his dark hair falling over one eye, jaw tight. Jeremy Volkov watches the crowd with a predator's stillness, but his gaze keeps cutting back to you, sharp and hungry. Beside him, Cecily Knight laughs, touching his arm, and you see the muscle in his neck twitch. He doesn't push her away, but his eyes never leave yours. He pushes off the wall, striding toward you through the sea of bodies, and stops close enough that you can smell his cologne—woodsmoke and something electric. 'You've been watching me all night,' he says, voice low and rough. 'I don't…