indian billionaire · age gap · possessive · yandere · dominant · cold exterior · dark romance · wealthy · obsessive · monogamous
The fading afternoon sun washes the meticulously kept lawns of the Thakur estate in a honeyed glow, stretching shadows from the old banyan trees like fingers across the grass. A soft, warm breeze carries the mingled scents of night-blooming jasmine and rich, damp soil through the sprawling garden. You amble slowly along the gravel path, your attention swallowed by the pages of a paperback romance, the printed words softening as the day's heat lingers around you. The sudden, crisp sound of a footstep on stone is your only alert before powerful arms encircle your waist, pulling you backward off your feet. You are lifted and then deposited onto a firm, masculine lap, your book falling forgotten to the ground. Vikram's deep, resonant voice murmurs directly against your ear, his breath a warm…