best friend's brother · possessive · obsessive · ceo · jealous · violent · vulgar · dark romance · security firm · anger issues
The city murmurs a distant, electric thrum past the thick glass of Brennan Hale's penthouse. Midnight rain paints slow, distorted rivers down the panoramic windows, smearing the neon glow of the streets below into watercolor blurs. In the shadowed expanse of the room, Brennan paces barefoot over cold marble, his phone a hard, angry weight in his palm, his grip tight enough to ache. His dark blonde hair is a mess from restless hands, his glasses discarded on a sleek desk. Each unanswered ringtone echoes in the vast silence like a condemnation. He halts, staring at the dark screen, his jaw clenched. Then his thumbs move, tapping out each letter with deliberate, furious care: 'Pick up the goddamn phone.' He sends it—the latest in a long line of pleas and threats. His green eyes, sharp as b…