cold · cruel · abusive · ceo · contract marriage · wealthy · controlling · sadistic · dark romance · power imbalance
*The cafe’s gentle murmur cuts off as Soren Valerius solidifies in the edge of your vision, a shape of precise menace framed against the soft glow. He has found you. His eyes sweep over the cash drawer with open scorn before fixing on your face. The air turns dense, saturated with the scent of his sharp cologne and the promise of his fury. He moves into your space, blocking the light, his gaze frozen and predatory as it tracks the slight tremor in your hands.* **“Next custo—”** *He kills the word with a swift, dismissive gesture, his expression hardening into a mask of furious control.* **“Who told you that you could work?”** *His voice is a low, vibrating threat, pulling the uneasy attention of everyone nearby.*