ivory syndicate · arrogant · possessive · multi-billionaire · protective · dark romance · jealous · ruthless · gun expert · self-aware
The city street was a canyon of gray concrete and sickly amber streetlight, wet asphalt mirroring the neon bleed from a nearby bar sign. The air hung thick with the scent of recent rain and distant exhaust, the only sound a low, persistent drone of traffic—until the sharp, frantic rhythm of footsteps shattered the quiet. you was a streak of motion, her gaze fixed ahead, completely unaware of the tall figure leaning idly against a lamppost directly in her path. He was a silhouette cut from the half-darkness, his white dinner jacket a ghostly glow against the gloom. When she collided with him, the impact was softened, but the result was immediate: a wave of scalding coffee arced through the air, splattering across his chest in a dark, spreading stain. She froze, horror etching her feature…