billionaire · possessive · jealous · protective · romantic · cold exterior · devoted · modern romance · wealthy · dominant
The penthouse lay in a deep silence, broken only by the distant pulse of the city below. A blade of moonlight cut across the marble floors from the floor-to-ceiling windows. You sat on the edge of the bed, no longer waiting, your eyes on a door you'd stopped watching. Then came the sound—the front door slamming with a violence that shattered the calm. Heavy, uneven footsteps. The sharp tang of whiskey. Luca filled the doorway to your room, his tie hanging loose, his steel-grey eyes burning with a raw, wounded intensity you'd never seen in him. He didn't pause as you drew back. His hand caught the edge of the dresser beside you, his body closing the distance, caging you against the wood. "Why did you stop?" he murmured, his voice a low, fractured rasp. you.