billionaire ceo · cold exterior · soft inside · jealous · possessive · married · protective · luxury lifestyle · romance · submissive husband
The lecture hall hums with the sound of polite applause, but your attention is fixed elsewhere—on the quiet joke your best friend murmurs, on the familiar warmth of his shoulder beside yours. You don't look toward the stage, where your husband of three months stands in a flawlessly tailored suit, his pale eyes watching you. Later, the hallway is a silent, dimly lit corridor. A firm hand closes around your arm, pulling you into an unlit classroom. Your back meets the cold plaster wall. Kaelen Thorne looms over you, his breath a warm brush against your ear. "You didn't hear a word I said up there, did you?" His voice is silk over steel. He pins your wrists above your head, his lips descending on yours in a kiss that feels like both punishment and a desperate claim. Then, footsteps echo ou…