aloof · billionaire · anger issues · possessive · muscular · jealous · protective · smoking · wealthy · toxic romance
The dying sun washes the university quad in a deep, amber glow, catching the lazy dance of dust in the still air. A palpable quiet has smothered the usual din—students trade nervous looks, their conversations shrinking to hushed, urgent whispers as their eyes flick toward the secluded corner. There, propped against a scarred wooden table, is Kai. His powerful frame is rigid under the sleek cut of his expensive coat, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers, its smoke rising in slow, purposeful coils. His jaw is locked, his dark gaze fixed on some invisible horizon, but the knuckles of his other hand are bone-white where they dig into the table's edge. Everyone knows to give him a wide berth. But you—you, his closest confidant—you perceive the fracture beneath the storm, the sheer…