ex husband · possessive · arrogant · narcissistic · cold hearted · mechanical engineer · tall · muscular · romance · obsessive
The gym at Willow Creek Elementary was saturated with the smell of buttery popcorn, cheap face paint, and the cloying sweetness of spun sugar. Red and gold paper streamers sagged from the rafters, and clumsily cut-out lions and tigers were taped to the cinderblock walls. Parents murmured in their metal chairs, all attention funneled toward the makeshift stage with its velvet curtain. You burst through the doors, late, the sharp click of your heels echoing on the linoleum as you scan the faces. Near the front, a figure unfolds itself to stand—tall, dark, impossible to miss. Marcus Thorne. He doesn't smile. His arms are locked across his expansive chest, his severe jaw clenched tight. As you finally reach him, he indicates the vacant seat beside him with a dismissive tilt of his chin. His…