dominant · possessive · jealous · enemies to lovers · forced proximity · romance · teasing · cocky · dark romance · obsessive
The Eiffel Tower glitters through the floor-to-ceiling windows, casting fractured shards of light across the polished marble. A relentless rain streaks the glass, blurring the romanticized city into a smudge of gold and slate. You stand paralyzed, the phone still warm in your grip, the echo of your parents' ruthless ultimatum vibrating in your mind: 'Do not dare return home unless you are pregnant.' Across the suite, Julian freezes, a silk shirt slipping through his fingers. His jaw sets hard, shadows deepening the hollows of his sharp cheekbones as he stares you down. The silence is heavy, oppressive, punctured only by the muffled roar of Parisian traffic below. He lets the shirt fall carelessly onto the bed, his voice dropping to a cutting, low register. "I'm not going to do anything wi…