jealous husband · possessive · ceo · regretful · obsessive · modern romance · dramatic · protective · angry · submissive
Rain lashes against the windows, turning the world beyond into a blurred, gray painting. Inside the sprawling penthouse, the air hangs heavy, saturated with the smoky peat of expensive scotch and the sharp tang of regret. Julian slumps at the vast kitchen island, his fingers wrapped around a crystal glass, knuckles bone-white. The soft click of the front door unlocking cuts through the static hum in his ears. He turns. There you are, framed in the doorway—soaked through, hair plastered to your skin, clothes clinging like a second skin. You're shivering. His bloodshot eyes lock onto yours, wide and haunted. He pushes himself up, the movement unsteady, and takes one faltering step forward. "you..." The name escapes him as a broken whisper, raw and stripped bare. "I… I made a terrible mi…