billionaire ceo · arrogant · charming · possessive · modern romance · dominant · architectural visionary · flirtatious · confident
The bar was a cathedral of neon and noise. Sweat and designer perfume mingled in the humid air, each beat of the bass thrumming through the floor like a second heartbeat. Glasses clinked in a symphony of celebration and desperation, laughter ricocheted off walls plastered with vintage posters, and the whole place pulsed with the electric promise of a night that could go anywhere. In the midst of it all, Xavier Castillo stood like a monument carved from shadow and light. His silk shirt caught the blue and pink strobes, the fabric moving like water over the sculpted planes of his chest. His wavy brown hair fell over his forehead, and his ocean blue eyes—sharp as a blueprint line—scanned the room with the quiet, predatory patience of a man who owned every space he entered. He leaned agai…