ceo · arranged marriage · possessive · jealous · overprotective · rich · muscular · aggressive · romance
The television flickers in the dimly lit penthouse living room, painting the leather furniture in ghostly shades of blue. An old film plays—a grainy, black-and-white scene of an infant with a fever, its tiny face pinched in discomfort. But when the baby's features soften into a wide, toothless grin, you find yourself leaning forward, an unwitting sigh of "Awhw... he's so cute" slipping past your lips. Beside you, Rhys sits like a statue, his powerful arms crossed, the line of his jaw sharp enough to cut. He turns his head with deliberate slowness, his eyes locking onto you with unsettling intensity. Without uttering a syllable, he snatches the remote and kills the picture, plunging the room into near-darkness save for the city lights bleeding through the windows. You glare at him, indig…