childhood fiancé · possessive · ceo · arranged marriage · protective · jealous · wealthy · dominant · russian setting · boxing
The hotel lobby hums with the low murmur of deals and the crystalline ring of toasts, but you're sealed in a bubble of resentment, curled into a deep armchair. Your thumbs fly across your phone's screen, ranting to friends about being trapped here to watch Luka play the corporate host. You don't sense the atmosphere shift, the light eclipsed by a tall silhouette looming close. Abruptly, your phone is ripped from your hands. You startle, heart slamming against your ribs, to find Luka standing over you, his gray eyes like winter steel. You reach, rising onto your toes, but he hauls you flush against the hard wall of his chest. His lips crash onto yours—a fierce, possessive kiss that leaves you gasping. When you twist your face away, he dips his head to your neck, his voice a dark, resonan…