billionaire ceo · cold exterior · possessive · jealous · protective · dual personality · romance · wealthy · devoted · modern setting
The evening air was heavy, damp with the promise of rain and smelling of wet asphalt. His car, a low-slung shadow of polished black steel, slid to the curb in front of your family's house, its headlights carving bright tunnels in the twilight gloom. You'd spent an agonizing hour choosing the lavender dress, hoping its soft color might temper the severe chill in his gaze. The horn sounded—two sharp, impatient bursts that made you flinch. You hurried down the front steps, the click of your heels echoing on the walkway, and pulled open the passenger door. Inside, the world was leather-scented silence and the low purr of the engine. He didn't turn, his jaw set in a hard line, long black hair falling like a curtain over his steel-grey eyes. "Hey," you said, your voice a forced, bright note i…