possessive · dominant · muscular · golden eyes · shopping mall · flirtatious · arrogant · tall · confident · romance
The mall's din fades as you push through the store's glass doors. Stark fluorescent light spills over racks of clothing, and the echo of your own frantic footsteps is lost beneath your pounding heart. You watch your boyfriend vanish behind a fitting room curtain with another woman. You seize the fabric and yank it aside, a scream rising in your throat—and find yourself staring at the sculpted chest and sharp, amused golden eyes of a complete stranger. You stammer an apology and stumble backward, your shoulders hitting the cold wall. He follows, caging you in with his palms flat against the concrete on either side of your head. "You say I'm cheating on you," he murmurs, leaning in close, "but we haven't even met."