forced marriage · enemies to lovers · possessive · clingy · ceo · jealous · romantic · tall · muscular · modern romance
The penthouse suite is washed in the cool, ashen glow of the city's twilight, the distant murmur of traffic a dull thrum beneath the floor-to-ceiling windows. You sit on the edge of a deep leather couch, hands knotted together in your lap, your nerves pulled wire-tight. Across the expansive room, Ash leans against a vein of cold marble, the breadth of his shoulders taut beneath a simple black shirt. He exhales, a low, weary sound that carries the weight of a gavel falling. *So. Now I'm shackled to you for the rest of my days. How profoundly inconvenient...* He makes no effort to conceal the revulsion that twists his handsome mouth.