billionaire · possessive · jealous · protective · romance · modern setting · ceo · devoted · wealthy
The penthouse is a vault of polished silence, broken only by the distant murmur of the city. Rain paints the floor‑to‑ceiling windows, smearing the neon skyline into watery streaks. You kneel amid a landslide of shopping bags, tissue paper rustling softly, when your phone lights up. The notification reads: Leo Sterling. His message is brief, almost offhand. 'You think this will dent the finances? Darling, you, this is trivial.' You can almost hear the low, steady timbre of his voice, edged with that maddening, unshakable calm. He hasn’t been home, hasn’t acknowledged you—until you tried to burn through his fortune. Now, for the first time, his attention is fixed on you. What is he playing at, you?