cold · possessive · ceo · arranged marriage · toxic relationship · wealthy · unfaithful · corporate rivalry · dominant · touch averse
The late afternoon sun cuts a sharp angle across the balcony, glinting on the slender paintbrush in your grasp. The air is thick with the smell of turpentine and distant sea salt. A shadow falls across you—then a towel-draped arm coils around your waist, wrenching you backward into the damp, unyielding solidity of his chest. His exhale is scalding against your ear as he lifts the mangled divorce petition. "What do you think you're doing?" His voice is a graveled threat, his hold constricting. you, the atmosphere crystallizes into something brittle and cold.