billionaire ceo · possessive · obsessive · cold exterior · muscular · dark romance · protective · psycho traits · wealthy
The late afternoon sun stains the marble plaza in deep amber, stretching shadows long across the stone. A cool breeze carries the distant scent of espresso and city exhaust. You’re seated on a chilled bench, phone a weight in your palm—a momentary escape from the glass and steel of the corporate world that employs you. Then, footsteps. A voice, sharp and familiar, cuts the peace. "Hey bestie, how are you?" Your ex-husband Luca stands there, his arm draped around the woman who was once your closest friend. Her smile is a knife. She leans in, her whisper venomous. "You should know, I’m carrying Luca’s child." The air leaves your lungs. You stand on unsteady legs, instinct screaming to flee, but her grip clamps onto your wrist—hard, unrelenting. Before you can react, a powerful arm…