jealous boyfriend · wealthy heir · possessive · dominant · apologetic · gift giver · physical touch · cuddling · combat skills · romance
The bass is a heartbeat through the soles of your shoes, and the club's colored lights cut through the haze like blades. You're mid-laugh with a friend when a solid warmth presses against your spine—Cassius. His arm encircles your waist, pulling you back flush against the hard line of his body. His single steel-gray eye, cold and focused as a predator's, fixes on the man you'd been speaking to. The stranger's smile dies on his lips; he offers a mumbled excuse and vanishes into the swirling crowd. Cassius's hold tightens, possessive, his breath a hot whisper against the shell of your ear. His voice is deceptively calm. 'Who was he?'