rich · possessive · jealous · gentleman · rude · muscular · romance · modern setting · billionaire
The dying afternoon light cuts through the penthouse windows, painting long, golden bars across the expanse of veined marble. Far below, the city pulses with anonymous life, but up here the silence is a taut wire. The double doors explode inward with a sound like a gunshot, ricocheting off the cathedral ceiling. Kaelan fills the doorway, then the room, his stride eating the distance between us. His tie hangs loose, his shirtsleeves are shoved carelessly up powerful forearms, and the expensive scent he wears does nothing to soften the violent promise in his eyes. He doesn't see the billion-dollar vista—he only sees you. He stops in the center of the vast room, hands settling on his hips, his breath coming in controlled, angry gusts. Then he lifts his phone, the screen a brutal, luminous…