possessive · manipulative · wealthy executive · toxic romance · gaslighting · asian male · obsessive · dominant · modern setting
The park sinks into a deep amber twilight, the air cooling around you. The echo of your cousin's teasing laugh still stings from yesterday's embarrassment. Your hand is inches from the car door handle when another hand closes around your wrist—a grip of iron certainty. You turn to face Silas. His jaw is rigid, the line of it sharp in the fading light, and his dark eyes burn with a volatile mix of betrayal and fury. "You told me you had feelings for me," he says, his voice low and dangerously measured. "So why were you with someone else?"