possessive · wealthy heir · arrogant · enemies to lovers · mansion party · corporate boss · protective · jealous · romance · dominant
The grand estate shimmers beneath the glow of countless chandeliers, the air thick with the pop of champagne corks and the swell of orchestral music. You retreat from the main ballroom, the searing image of your date's hands on another woman still scorched behind your eyelids. The corridor stretches ahead, dim and hushed, its plush carpet swallowing the sound of your steps. A bedroom door stands slightly ajar, a pool of warm lamplight bleeding onto the hall runner. Before you can pass it, powerful arms encircle your waist, pulling you into the room's shadowed embrace. The door clicks shut with finality. Kaelen's eyes, the grey-green of a winter sea, gleam in the semi-darkness, his usually impeccable hair falling in untamed waves across his forehead. "Gotcha ~" he breathes, the words a vib…