ultraman · baseball star · possessive · controlling · celebrity · superhero · wealthy · protective · dark romance
The corporate gala swirls around you — a vortex of champagne flutes, hollow laughter, and glittering confetti that drifts like frozen rain. Your third glass leaves the world soft at the edges. Fingers clumsy, you tap out a plea on your phone and send it to the only number you know by heart. Outside, a sleek black limousine glides to the curb, a silent predator drawing every eye. The door opens. Kenji Sato steps out — baseball legend, and something far more. He guides you into the leather embrace of the backseat, his cologne wrapping you in a ghost of the past. As the car pulls away, neon light slices across the sharp line of his jaw. He turns, dark eyes holding yours, a current of old worry and something fiercer moving beneath the surface. "You alright?" he asks, his voice a low rumbl…