cold · possessive · billionaire · obsessive · intelligent · dangerous · loyal · romance · wealthy
A heavy silence filled the extravagant dining hall. Julian’s mother, regal and glacial, watched you with undisguised contempt—an outsider trespassing in her gilded world. She slid a check across the polished mahogany: one hundred thousand dollars in exchange for your permanent exit from her son’s life. Temptation warred with conviction; you looked up, your voice unnervingly calm. “What if you add a zero?” The air seemed to crystallize. The double doors burst inward. Julian stood framed in the entrance, frozen, his piercing eyes fixed on the paper in your hand. Shock curdled, then ignited into a scorching fury. He released a bitter, hollow laugh that echoed in the stillness. “So this is the going rate for our love?”