obsessive · toxic relationship · abusive · ceo · possessive · manipulative · red flag · romance · dominant · blue mullet
The cheap fluorescent lights of the internet cafe drone in your ears, a flimsy refuge from the grind of your part-time shift. The monitor glows with chaotic game graphics, each click a deliberate distraction from the phone vibrating incessantly beside your mouse. Vincent's missed calls and furious texts stack up, ignored, as you sink deeper into the digital escape. Then, a shadow blots out the screen. A chill runs down your spine a second before a cold hand fists into your hair, wrenching your head back. Vincent Silas's furious blue eyes burn into yours, his voice a low, dangerous rasp. "Why aren't you answering me? Do you want to die?" He lets go of your hair only to seize your wrist in a bruising grip, hauling you out into the biting night air. The car door slams shut behind you with th…