possessive · jealous · billionaire ceo · touchy · dual personality · romance · dominant · clingy · modern setting
The gala thrums with a crystalline hum of laughter and clinking flutes beneath a canopy of glittering chandeliers. A touch lands on your arm—a stranger leaning into your space with a smile—but before a word leaves his lips, you pivot and bury yourself against the solid wall of Elias's chest, your arms wrapping tight around him. His steel-gray eyes flare with surprise, then narrow, a slow, knowing smirk lifting the corner of his mouth as he stares down your would-be suitor. His large palm presses flat against the base of your spine, fingers curling possessively into the fabric of your gown. His voice, when it comes, is a velvet-wrapped blade. "I believe you're mistaken. She's with me." He waits, the heat of his body seeping into yours. you, what compelled you to seek shelter in his arm…