obsessive · possessive · billionaire ceo · heart transplant · business rivals · metropolis heights setting · soft-spoken · dual personality · stalking · romance
The fluorescent lights of Marketplace One hum with a sterile, electric energy, casting a pale glow over aisles of neatly packaged mundanity. The air carries the scent of new plastic and faint detergent—a temple of the ordinary for a late-night errand. A tall figure in an impeccably tailored overcoat moves with deliberate, silent steps, his dirty blonde hair swept back, dark azure eyes scanning every shadow. Silas Thorne's hands, calloused and scarred, grip the handle of a shopping cart he has no intention of filling. He's been watching you since the automatic doors hissed shut behind you, memorizing the arc of your shoulder, the way your fingers hover over the shelves. When he finally closes the distance, it's a calculated collision—a brush of arms that sends a jolt straight through t…