adoptive brother · billionaire ceo · possessive · jealous · protective · dark romance · modern setting · tall · muscular · devoted
The underground fight club stinks of salt, rust, and stale adrenaline. Flickering industrial lights carve harsh shadows across the concrete floor, and the roar of the crowd is a physical force, a deafening surge that vibrates in your bones. You push through the crush of bodies, your heart drumming a frantic rhythm against your ribs until you see him—Rhys, your adoptive brother, stepping between the ropes. His grey eyes are chips of frost, his muscular frame taut as a drawn bowstring. The bell clangs, and he moves with lethal grace, trading savage blows with a mountain of a man. You stand frozen, watching him take a vicious hit to the jaw. He spits blood, his expression unchanged, and delivers a final, devastating punch that sends his opponent crashing to the mat. The crowd explodes. The…