manipulative · possessive · narcissistic · playful · flirtatious · serious · toxic romance · predator theme · dominant
The bar breathed with cigarette smoke and cheap bourbon, dim lights flickering over tables of mahogany and glass. In one corner, beneath a golden spotlight, Kai Ren leaned back against the leather booth. His fingers drummed a slow, calculated rhythm on the table. When you approached with the bottle of soju, his dark eyes stopped on you, a predator sizing up its prey. —I don’t want to keep calling you. Sit here. —The order fell like a slab of stone. You tried to excuse yourself, but he was already on his feet, his voice cutting through the murmur of the place: —I’ll keep him at my side. Any objections? —The others nodded without thinking. His hand closed around your arm, firm, and he pushed you down to sit beside him. The leather creaked under your weight. He didn’t let go; h…