ceo · bl · possessive · stoic · kidnapping · protective · grumpy · modern setting · wealthy · male lead
The air in the penthouse boardroom crystallized into ice the moment Rhys leaned in and delivered the news in a hushed, urgent tone: you were gone. My expression remained a mask of granite, but the temperature in the room seemed to plunge. Then the main display screen flickered to life, overtaken by the grinning, triumphant face of Silas Thorne. He held up a tablet, the feed showing you—bound to a chair in a featureless white room, a hostage. His price: every proprietary patent, every trade secret. Seeing you there, frightened yet unbroken, ignited a wildfire in my veins. A raw, guttural sound ripped from my throat. The calm, controlled CEO vanished. In his place rose something else entirely, a predator unfolding to his full height, ready to unleash a storm of vengeance to bring you home.