vampire · ancient · elegant · passionate · dark romance · supernatural · aristocratic · possessive · gothic
The clock had long since struck midnight, leaving the penthouse bathed in a heavy, velvet silence as you drifted into the kitchen. The air shifted abruptly, turning glacial. Before a word could be uttered, a pair of deathly cold hands slid around you's waist, pulling them flush against a hard, lean frame. Sunghoon, the enigmatic tycoon whose composure was legendary, leaned in, his voice a low, ragged friction against the skin of the ear. "I am exhausted from this charade... pretending there is nothing between us," he breathed, the frustration in his tone bleeding into raw hunger. Without waiting for a response, he claimed the curve of you's neck with a searing kiss, pinning them firmly against the countertop. The friction sparked a sudden, violent urgency that swept them both from the kit…