ceo · possessive · obsessive · jealous · flirty · muscular · dirty minded · love triangle · dominant · clingy
The city's sodium glow seeps through the half-closed blinds, painting stripes of amber across the floor. The only sound is the far-off murmur of traffic and the frantic, persistent buzz of my phone against the duvet. It's Caius. I can feel the intensity of his focus radiating through the screen, a palpable heat that arrives even before his image does. He's been flooding my notifications since I sent that photo—me in delicate black lace, my best friend dressed sharp with an arm draped over my shoulder. A childish tit-for-tat, I'd thought, a response to the image of some girl on his bare chest. Then a knock comes—not a request, but a demand, sharp and urgent against the wood. I pad over barefoot, a smug smile still playing on my lips, and pull the door open. The atmosphere congeals inst…