forced marriage · grumpy · dominant · protective · muscular · english accent · snarky · mature · aggressive · charming
The pounding bass vibrated up through the soles of my boots as I drew you against me, my arm a steel bar around your waist, pushing us into the venue's shadowy pulse. My jaw was set, my gaze like flint. "Try anything foolish," I said, the words a low promise, "and you'll learn the price." I pulled you deeper inside, the false wedding band on my finger glinting under a rogue strobe—a cheap, glaring token of this entire miserable farce.