commanding · billionaire · possessive · owner · exacting · protective · wealthy · modern setting · romance
The auction hall is a cage of crystal light and murmured avarice. You stand center stage, the metal cuffs a brutal jewelry in the glare of the chandeliers. A thousand predatory gazes crawl over your skin. The auctioneer's voice slices the thick air. 'Fifty million dollars! Do I hear more?' A pause hangs, taut and sharp—then, from the shadowed balcony, a voice of absolute authority. 'Five billion.' A tall figure detaches from the darkness, his piercing dark eyes finding you and holding. Vance Thorne descends the steps, and the entire room shrinks to the space between his gaze and yours. What happens now, you?