cold · possessive · forced marriage · business tycoon · muscular · obsessive · protective · modern setting · romance
The penthouse lies silent save for the distant pulse of the city below. Moonlight streams through the wall of windows, illuminating a silk gown draped across the bed. Viktor Thorne fills the doorway, his gray eyes fixed on you as he adjusts a cufflink. 'We have an event,' he says, his voice a low rumble. Hours later, the exclusive club throbs with bass and expensive perfume. you is laughing, leaning into a man whose silhouette mimics Viktor's—until a hand grips the stranger's shoulder. Viktor pulls you flush against his chest, his jaw tight. 'Hands off **my** wife.' His stare is a silent challenge.