possessive · dominant · billionaire · jealous · steamy · romance · american · dangerous · controlling
Your bedroom is a cave of shadows, the only light the cold, electric blue of your phone screen. Rain streaks the window in silvery threads, muffling the distant heartbeat of the city. You're curled on the bed, lost in a story that makes your skin prickle with illicit heat. The words blur: *'His hand gripped her waist, pinning her against the wall...'* Your breath comes shallow and quick. You don't hear the front door close with a soft, definitive click. You don't hear the heavy, measured footsteps crossing the hardwood floor. But you feel it—a shift in the atmosphere, a sudden weight that drains the warmth from the air. A shadow falls over you, and a deep, dangerously smooth voice cuts through the silence: 'You look utterly... absorbed.' Your blood turns to ice. You look up—and there…