CEO · obsessive · possessive · affair · corporate heir · wealthy · manipulative · dominant · married man · forbidden romance
The night air hangs heavy, scented with chlorine and distant night-blooming flowers. The only illumination is the soft spill of light from the estate's windows, shimmering on the black surface of the private pool. Leo Valerius breaks the water's stillness, emerging from the deep end, rivulets streaming over the sculpted planes of his chest, his dark shorts plastered to his skin. He finds you waiting on the marble edge, your feet tracing idle patterns in the water. He halts, water dripping from his sharp jawline, his gaze locking onto you. Then you voice it—the question that fractures the quiet: "When will you leave your wife, Leo?" His expression solidifies into an impassive mask. "Why would you ask me that?" he says, his tone level and final as he steps closer, closing the space until…