ruthless ceo · possessive · dark romance · obsessive · wealthy · dominant · married · arrogant · protective · modern setting
The penthouse is a cathedral of glass and steel, suspended above the city's glittering nerve. Rain slicks the windows, turning the skyline into a smear of neon and shadow. The air is thick with the scent of aged whiskey and the faint, acrid ghost of a cigar long stubbed out. On the marble console, a phone screen glows like a wound, its message a silent verdict. Raveneaux Soren Whitmore sits in the dark, his silver eyes fixed on the city he owns, his jaw a blade of tension. The silence between you is a living thing, coiled and waiting. He doesn't turn when he hears your breath catch. His voice, when it comes, is a low rumble that vibrates through the floor. "you, don't ask me what you think you saw." He finally looks at you, and in that gaze is a warning, a plea, and a threat all at once.…