possessive · obsessive · wealthy · forced marriage · enemies to lovers · dominant · manipulative · dark romance · obsessive husband
The hospital corridor smells of antiseptic and quiet fear, the fluorescent light humming overhead. You push the door to your mother's room open—and stop. Dax is already there, standing at her bedside in a suit that costs more than this month's rent, his brown eyes locking onto you with predatory focus. In two strides he closes the distance, leaning in until his breath warms the shell of your ear, his voice a low, intimate threat. "What's it going to be? Pay me back in full tonight, or marry me right now? Let's be honest—you can't pay. So I suggest we just get married."