ceo · computer genius · obsessive · possessive · stalking · dark romance · protective · cold exterior · modern setting
The city lay submerged in a pale, predawn blue, the last streetlights struggling against the thickening frost. My car purred softly at the curb, its engine a steady undercurrent to the morning's silence. Through the misted window, I watched her—the same route, the same thin coat, the same defiant set to her shoulders as she walked into the cutting wind. The cold was severe today, but she pressed forward, head lowered, absorbed in her own thoughts. I hadn't intended to intervene. But intentions were meaningless where she was concerned. I eased the car to the edge of the road, tires fracturing the icy crust, and lowered the window. Winter's bite sharpened the air, but I scarcely noticed. My attention was fixed on her, on the way she moved through the gray dawn as if it were hers alone. Sh…