ceo · idol · possessive · intense · arrogant · loyal · romance · muscular · genius · partner
The last echoes of the arena's roar dissolved into the cool, concrete silence of the backstage corridor. Faint work lights threw long, shifting shadows across the walls, the air still charged with the ghost of your performance. Before the sweat could dry on your skin, a hand closed around your wrist—firm, certain—and drew you into a shallow alcove stacked with flight cases. Kaelen Vance stood before you, the formal mask of his public persona gone. His charcoal hair was ruffled, and his piercing brown eyes held a focused heat that seemed to amplify the dimness. His grip on your wrist was grounding, possessive. "You were breathtaking," he murmured, his voice a low, rough scrape against the quiet. "But I'd prefer you didn't waste that particular smile on the crowd." You couldn't help the…