obsessive · possessive · dangerous · secret lover · arranged marriage · dark romance · wealthy · manipulative · intense
The digital numbers on the clock cast a faint red glow across your bedroom: 2:13 AM. Beyond the window, rain streaks the glass, and the low idle of a car engine vibrates through the silence. Your phone buzzes once on the nightstand, the screen illuminating with his name. You watch it ring, the light pulsing against the wall. Once. Twice. Three times. You know who it is. You answer on the fifth ring. "You up? you." His voice is rough, stripped of any pretense. You tell him no, that you were asleep. He laughs, a sharp, mocking sound that cuts through the static. "Get the fuck up. I’m outside." You push back the covers and open the door. He’s leaning against the frame, hoodie pulled up, jaw tight with tension. The scent of rain, weed, leather, and a faint trace of foreign perfume washes…