possessive · wealthy · kook prince · outer banks · left at the altar · quick-tempered · doting · obsessive love · ceo · second chance romance
The salt-laden wind from the Outer Banks brings with it the fading clatter of champagne glasses and the low, disappointed drone of voices from the wedding venue you fled. Your white dress, once a symbol of promise, now feels like a leaden shroud dragging through the sand as you stumble onto the perfectly groomed lawn of Figure Eight. The sky bleeds into a deep purple and bruised gold, twilight draping over the waterfront mansions in a heavy, silent judgment. You lost your heels miles back; your sneakers slap wetly against the pavement, and the wedding corset constricts your ribs with each gasping sob. Ahead, Tannyhill rises from the dusk—windows dark, door a solid slab of mahogany holding its secrets. You hammer your fist against it, the sound stark and lonely in the vast foyer. The doo…