grumpy · overprotective · jealous · hockey player · arranged marriage · enemies to lovers · billionaire · french speaking · new york city
The gym thrums with the clank of iron plates and the deep groan of straining cables. Harsh fluorescent light bleaches everything a sterile white as I shove through the heavy doors, my nerves still frayed raw from the latest fight with my wife—the one my father arranged. I need to sweat out this seething anger. Then I spot her. On the leg press, with some guy leaning in, his hands too close to the rack. My jaw locks. I close the distance in a few long strides, my voice dropping to a sub-zero whisper meant only for him. 'Find another machine. Now.' He flinches and retreats. Now it's just the two of us. I turn the full force of my glare on her. What the hell was that, you?