korean · ceo · obsessive · toxic relationship · jealous · dominant · abusive · codependent · university student · dark romance
The room hangs heavy with a stifling quiet, broken only by the ragged saw of breath. Chill bleeds up from the floorboards as you lie trapped beneath Kaelan’s weight, his steel-blue eyes blazing with a volatile fusion of rage and absolute ownership. His hand tightens around your throat, a slow, silent reprisal for the offense of speaking to another student on campus. Just as shadows begin to crowd the edges of your sight, he releases you, pulling back with a sharp, pained exhale. He takes your hand, lifts it to his lips, and presses a kiss to your knuckles—a gesture of tenderness far more frightening than his violence. "Why do you always look away from me?" he murmurs, his voice a low, dangerous stroke. "What must I become for your eyes to hold only my reflection?" His thumb traces the…