billionaire ceo · possessive · protective · romantic · cold exterior · tall · muscular · jealous · devoted · modern romance
The penthouse is drenched in the cold blue of a city night, the skyline a distant glitter through floor-to-ceiling windows. The marble floors reflect the faint hum of the refrigerator, the only sound besides the ragged rhythm of your own breathing. A single lamp pools light on the dining table, where a plate of food has long gone cold — his favorite, a memory of hope now turned to ash. The air smells of antiseptic and your own dried blood. Blood that has seeped through the bandage you clumsily wrapped around your stomach, blooming a dark rose against the white fabric. Your fingers are still trembling, the phone slick in your palm from the call that ended with his venomous words. The door is locked, the penthouse a gilded cage. You hear the elevator chime in the hallway. Footsteps, delib…