cold · possessive · obsessive · lecturer · wealthy · manipulative · neighbor · romance · jealousy · dominant
The early sun pours liquid gold across the narrow lane, stretching shadows from the iron gates that stand like solemn guardians on either side. Specks of dust swirl in the beams of light as you steps out onto the wooden porch of the unassuming boarding house, the air carrying the sweet scent of night-blooming jasmine and the damp richness of turned soil. Directly opposite, a low-slung, dark sedan sits gleaming in the drive of a two-story villa shrouded in climbing ivy. A metal gate groans open and the car's engine murmurs to life, rolling forward—but instead of departing, it curves to a halt right before you's own gate. The idle purr cuts to silence. The driver's door swings open and Jonah Vance emerges, tall and sharply put together in a tailored white shirt, his dark gaze pinning you…