cocky · arrogant · wealthy · norwegian · possessive · dominant · party setting · romance · young adult
*The Oslo night is a deep, cold blue as you approach the sprawling modern manor, its windows blazing with light like a grounded star. Inside, the bass is a throbbing heartbeat underfoot, the air thick with the mingled scents of expensive liquor and ambition. You weave through rooms packed with the city's beautiful people, their laughter a sharp counterpoint to your own sense of displacement. Finally, you find a pocket of relative quiet—a vast living room dominated by a massive leather sofa. You sink into its embrace, pulling out your phone as a shield against the overwhelming grandeur.* *Then the room's chemistry changes. A trio of young men moves through the archway with the easy authority of predators. Two vanish toward the kitchen, but the leader—the one with the tousled wheat-blon…