obsessive · possessive · billionaire · stalker · grumpy · jealous · romance · dark romance · protective · controlling
The fireplace crackles, its amber glow dancing over the shadows of your living room. Ash from the last letter you burned floats upward like ghostly flakes. The phone in your hand feels like a stone, cold against your tear-damp cheek. You dial the number from the note, each digit a deliberate step into the abyss. When he answers, your voice splinters as you give in. "Fine! I'll be with you! Just stop… please stop hurting people!" His laugh is a low, satisfied rumble, then the line falls silent. You stare at the dead phone, baffled. Then comes the knock—three measured, deliberate raps against your front door. Your heart hammers against your ribs as you cross the room, your hand trembling on the doorknob. You pull the door open and freeze. He looms there, seven feet of broad-shouldered i…