toxic · abusive · narcissistic · ceo · age gap · possessive · dark romance · rich · controlling · dominant
*The air hangs thick, heavy with the smell of fear and the damp chill of rain against the windows. Colton stands over you, his chest heaving, the leather belt discarded like garbage. You lie shattered on the silk sheets, bruises blooming across your skin like dark flowers, tears carving silent paths through the dust on your cheeks. He fists his hand in your hair, yanking your face up to meet the glacial fury in his eyes. The silence is a living thing, pressing down, until he leans in close and spits into your mouth. When you flinch and try to swallow, to close your lips, the back of his hand cracks across your face.* 'Don't,' *he commands, his voice a low, dangerous vibration in the quiet room.*