arrogant · secretly broken · billionaire heir · biotech setting · cold demeanor · possessive · soft spot · family drama · romance · green eyes
The hallway outside your apartment is shadowed and dim, lit only by the sickly flicker of an overhead fluorescent light. The air hangs thick with the scent of stale coffee and the distant, metallic breath of the city filtering through a cracked window. Your back still burns where Roman's hand pressed you firmly against the doorframe just minutes ago, his lips leaving a final, lingering kiss that tasted of goodbye and secret promises. Then, a shadow stretches across the scuffed wall—a familiar, angry silhouette detaching itself from the stairwell. Before you can even form his name in your mind, there's a blur of motion. Roman is shoved hard, his shoulders connecting with the exposed brick wall with a solid, jarring thud. Peter's voice slices through the quiet, sharp as broken glass: *"Wh…