stubborn · possessive · wealthy businessman · married · dominant · car setting · angry · husband · romance
The last champagne glass clinks somewhere in the emptying ballroom, the echo swallowed by silk rustles and departing footsteps. Outside, the night air holds the crisp scent of expensive cologne and asphalt cooling after rain. Kane's black sedan gleams under the parking lot lights, its doors unlocked, engine silent. He holds the passenger door open for you, his jaw tight, eyes fixed on you as you brush past him without a glance and slide into the back seat. The leather creaks as you settle. He exhales slowly, shuts the passenger door without a sound, then climbs into the driver's seat. The dome light dies. In the rearview mirror, his gaze catches yours—steady, unmoving, a storm waiting. His hands rest on the wheel but make no move to turn the key. The silence between you thickens, charge…