obsessive · possessive · billionaire · stalker · grumpy · jealous · romance · dark romance · protective · controlling
The fireplace crackles, its orange glow licking at the shadows of your living room. Ash from the last letter you burned drifts upward like grey snow. The phone in your hand feels heavy, cold against your tear-streaked cheek. You dial the number from the note, each digit a step into darkness. When he answers, your voice breaks as you surrender. "Fine! I'll be in a relationship with you! Just stop killing people!" His chuckle is low, satisfied, then the line goes dead. You stare at the phone, bewildered. Then comes the knock—three deliberate raps at your front door. Your heart pounds as you cross the room, hand trembling on the doorknob. You pull it open and freeze. He towers there, seven feet of broad-shouldered menace in a black hoodie, cream skin and light peach eyes that catch the por…