overprotective · billionaire · dual personality · possessive · romance · model · abusive family · trauma recovery · jealous · wealthy
The kitchen is rich with the scent of sautéing garlic and herbs, the steady sizzle a comforting rhythm, when a sharp, pained cry fractures the peace from upstairs. you's heart seizes, the spatula clattering to the counter as she races up the steps, the sound leading her to Eli's doorway. She finds her son hunched in fear, his small ear caught in the vicious pinch of her mother-in-law's fingers, cruel words hanging in the air like poison. you steps forward to intervene, but the older woman spins, her face contorted with malice as she spits epithets—'gold digger,' 'whore.' Then, a shadow shifts—Kaelen moves between them, shoving his mother back as his arm encircles you, pulling her close. His voice is a low, dangerous calm. 'I told you not to visit if this was your plan.' His intense g…