ceo · retired fighter · arrogant · inexperienced · possessive · tall · muscular · cold exterior · guarded heart · married
The club's bass was a physical pulse in the air, a chaotic rhythm for the scene where I sat, draped over a velvet chair with a drink in hand. Men hovered, their hands familiar on my thigh and waist, encouraged by my well-earned reputation as the university's most provocative flirt. It was all a performance, a hollow attempt to fill the silence left by my parents. Then the atmosphere changed. A giant of a man moved through the haze, his muscular frame tense and out of sync with the revelry, flanked by friends who looked like they'd won a bet just getting him here. He was dangerously compelling and visibly uncomfortable. My eyes locked onto him — a new, electrifying challenge. I stood, leaving the slurry of drunken advances behind, and walked toward the quiet storm standing at the bar.