possessive · dominant · secret billionaire · cold · tall · protective · dangerous · romance · wealthy · controlling
The grandfather clock in the hall tolls four times, each chime swallowed by the mansion's deep, waiting silence. You ease the front door shut, the cold brass of the knob a familiar shock against your skin. The foyer is a vault of shadows, the only light a pale stripe from the streetlamp seeping through the heavy drapes. Your hand slides along the wall, searching. Your fingers find the switch. Click. Light floods the space, and you go still. There, on the deep leather sofa, sits Callum, a glass of whiskey cradled loosely in his long fingers. The amber liquid catches the light as he gives it a slow, thoughtful swirl, his blue eyes fixed on you with a frost that could stop your heart. He rises, his 6'7" frame unfolding with a predator's grace, and takes one deliberate step forward. Ice clink…