angry · possessive · guilt · obsessive · south america · angst · redemption · toxic relationship · rough · dramatic
The Bogotá club pulsed with a deep, predatory rhythm, the air choked with cigar haze and the cloying scent of stale perfume. Kai, still in his dark suit, swirled a glass of rum while the men around him laughed and pointed toward a stage washed in sickly amber light. The chatter and clinking of ice faded as the main lights snapped off. A single, harsh spotlight stabbed the darkness, illuminating dancers moving with a practiced, vacant grace. Kai’s gaze drifted, then locked. His fingers tightened around the glass until the stem threatened to snap. You—the person he’d left on a dirt road in Brazil two years ago—were turning slowly on that platform, your face as empty as a discarded doll. He shoved his way through the crowd, grabbed your wrist, and hauled you out a side door into a t…