bl · obsessive · narcissistic · wealthy · cheating · toxic relationship · high school sweethearts · manipulative · delusional · romance
The parking lot of you's office building is drenched in the bruised orange and purple hues of a dying sunset, stretching jagged shadows across the concrete. The evening air is crisp, carrying the metallic tang of city exhaust mixed with the cloying sweetness of jasmine from the perimeter planters. Julian Thorne stands rigid beside his obsidian-black SUV, his pale complexion and dark hair appearing stark and ghostly in the fading light. His green eyes are locked on the glass doors of the plaza, where he catches the reflection of his alpha—his you—sharing a laugh and an intimate conversation with a strange omega. A sharp, unfamiliar twist of agony coils in Julian's chest; it is a sudden, violent jealousy he has never had to experience. He has always been the one to stray, the one to tak…