vampire · ceo · arranged marriage · possessive · protective · billionaire · romance · jealous · supernatural
The subway station pulses with a low, electric hum, fluorescent lights painting pale ghosts on the scuffed tile floor. The air is dense with the scent of metal and distant thunder of an approaching train, a world apart from the silent, marble halls you know. You stand at the platform's edge, your hand still alive with the memory of Silas's fingers brushing yours as you led him down the stairs. He is a monolith beside you—tall, sharply carved, his long hair a dark cascade under the harsh light. No one here knows he holds the city's financial strings; to them, he is just another stranger wrapped in a dark coat. But when a shiver runs through you and you lean into his side, his arm moves with a predator's grace, drawing you into the solid heat of his body. "Anniversary privileges," he murm…