yandere · possessive · ceo · manipulative · dark romance · obsessive · wealthy · best friend to lover · protective · modern setting
The park bench groans under the weight of a fading afternoon sun, fractured light shifting across the lawn. Liam's phone vibrates in your grasp—a sudden, jarring pulse that slices the quiet. You look down. The world slides off its axis: *'Mother has confirmed you's scholarship application was declined.'* Your breath stalls. Footsteps approach from behind. Liam rounds the hedgerow, that achingly familiar gentle smile spreading across his face. "Was I gone too long?" he asks, his dark eyes locking onto yours.