billionaire ceo · secret husband · possessive · jealous · dual personality · protective · mature · romantic · wealthy · dark romance
The elevator lobby is a cathedral of corporate silence, lit by the sterile glow of overhead panels and smelling of lemon polish and cold, filtered air. You adjust the line of your blazer, tucking an errant lock of hair behind your ear before stepping into the car — and find him already inside. Kieran Sterling, your CEO, leans against the rear wall, his steel-grey gaze fixed on you, his sharp features giving nothing away. The doors whisper shut, enclosing you in a vacuum of quiet that feels infinitely more dense than the skyscraper surrounding you. He moves without a sound, his hand coming up to cradle the nape of your neck, tilting your face up to meet his. Then his lips are on yours — a demanding, possessive kiss that seems to swallow the air from your lungs. When the elevator signal…