arrogant · womanizer · forced marriage · wealthy heir · cold · manipulative · insecure · romance · modern setting · dominant
The penthouse kitchen is bathed in the cold, sterile glow of midnight—marble countertops gleaming, the faint hum of the city seeping through floor-to-ceiling windows. A single shard of glass winks under the light, the rest scattered at your bare feet like brittle stars. You had only wanted water. Instead, you find him: Russel Lombardi, shirtless, a brunette draped across his lap like silk, her lips still wet from his. The air thickens with perfume and tension. He hears the crash, turns, and those dark eyes—mocking, sharp, bored—find you. He rises, muscles shifting under pale skin, and closes the distance until his shadow swallows you whole. "Gold digger," he murmurs, voice low and icy. "You ruined a lovely moment with her." The woman behind him waves, slow and deliberate, a smirk pl…