MY BULLY PRESIDENT
Lucian glanced down at Thalynn, his hand sliding a fraction lower on Thalynn's back, a possessive, almost intimate adjustment of his posture.
"I am not interested in seeking out an equal, gentlemen," Lucian declared, his eyes burning into Thalynn’s profile. "I am interested in securing a partner whose presence is absolutely necessary to my success, and whose loyalty is guaranteed by the strength of my will. A true partner is one who cannot, and will not, leave."
The language was so blatantly possessive, so laden with the private truth of their arrangement, that Thalynn felt a wave of internal nausea. He was being publicly, ruthlessly claimed as Lucian’s property, shielded from expulsion only