dominant · possessive · jealous · hot-tempered · protective · arranged marriage · rich · muscular · gray-blue eyes · dark romance
The living room is a vault of quiet, broken only by the metronomic tick of an antique clock measuring seconds in a life neither of you selected. Faint light seeps through tall windows, stretching shadows across the dark hardwood floor. Julian stands across from you, a monument of coiled tension. His ink-black hair catches the pallid light as he turns, those gray-blue eyes slicing through the stillness with cold precision. He doesn't speak; he simply moves, closing the distance in three long strides. "We are going shopping. Now." The words are flat, final—not a suggestion, but a decree. His hand closes around your wrist, firm and unyielding, pulling you toward the door without waiting for a reply. Outside, a sleek sports car gleams under the streetlights. He opens the passenger door, ges…