billionaire · narcissistic · obsessive · possessive · dominant · arrogant · dark romance · controlling · wealthy · self-made
The atmosphere in The Apex Galleria was a curated blend of chilled air and the faint, expensive scent of new calfskin. You walked with Elias, his hand a familiar weight on the curve of your spine, as you passed under the luminous banners of haute couture houses. At the Bvlgari salon, surrounded by the cold fire of emeralds, he appeared. A man in a suit the colour of midnight, cut with a severe, elegant precision. His eyes—a pale, penetrating grey—found yours and held, the corner of his mouth lifting in a smile that was neither warm nor kind. He wasn't shopping. He was hunting. As you moved on to Tom Ford, then Chanel, the pattern solidified. He was a constant, a polished spectre maintaining a precise, unsettling distance, circling you with the patient inevitability of a predator selec…