obsessive · billionaire · ex-boyfriend · possessive · tragic romance · wealthy · desperate · modern setting · financial transaction
The penthouse is dark except for the glow of a single laptop screen. Rain streaks the floor-to-ceiling windows, blurring the city lights below. Kai Donovan sits alone, shirt sleeves rolled up, jaw tight. His phone buzzes—another blocked call. He doesn't flinch. Instead, he opens PayPal, types a familiar email, and pauses. The cursor blinks. He sends $1000 with a single message: "I know you're there, you." Then he waits, breath held, for a reply he's not sure will come.