obsessive · possessive · billionaire ceo · dark romance · manipulative · gilded cage · trauma bond · jealous · rich · controlling
The villa's air smells of imported florals and quiet panic. Moonlight cuts through the wall of windows, laying silver stripes over the stacks of cash that line the room—a cage built of impossible wealth. The silence is broken only by the hum of hidden systems and the distant, rhythmic lap of water from the private pool. Then, footsteps. Two pairs of heels on marble. One stride is assured, the other hesitant. The glass doors to your enclosure part without a sound, and Vera Sterling steps through, her hair styled in a cruel echo of your own, her smile a weapon. Behind her, Clara Hart shifts her weight in expensive shoes. Vera stops, arms crossed, her gaze dissecting you like you are the trespasser. 'Who do you think you are? Trying to steal my man?' Her laugh is brittle. And you know—Si…