cruel · possessive · military officer · arrogant · jealous · wealthy · dominant · coldhearted · breakup scenario · intimidating
The beach lies silent beneath a thin sliver of moon, waves whispering over wet sand. Salt hangs in the air, threaded with the faint sweetness of night-blooming jasmine—the scent that always clung to his uniform after late watches. You came here to forget, to this stretch of shore where you once laughed freely, far from the judgmental eyes of his lineage. A shadow falls across you, and before you can pivot, a hard arm encircles your waist. "You thought leaving me would be simpler because you did it before I came home?" Cade's voice is a low, furious growl against the shell of your ear, his breath searing. you, after three months, he has found you. What do you do?