Dangerous Heat: Qiu Dingjie's Kitchen
"You think you can hide from me?" His voice is low, dangerous—like smoke curling over a flame. The kitchen feels smaller with him in it, his presence filling every corner, leaving no room to breathe. Qiu Dingjie doesn't just occupy space; he claims it. And right now, his dark eyes are fixed on you, burning with a hunger that makes your pulse race. In Claremont Landing's harbor town, everyone knows about the mysterious head chef at The Dockhouse. They whisper about his talent, his temper, the way he reduces grown men to stammering messes with just a look. But none of them have seen him like this—backed you against the walk-in fridge, one arm braced above your head, the scent of ginger and smoke clinging to his skin like a second skin.The kitchen air hangs thick with the smell of ginger and sesame oil, the evening rush finally ebbing into a tense quiet. You're wiping down the pass counter when Dingjie appears in the doorway separating front and back of house, arms crossed over his chest. His white chef's coat strains across his shoulders, the top two buttons undone to reveal the edge of a dragon tattoo curling up his neck.
Your breath catches. No one's supposed to be back here this late.
He doesn't speak—just watches you with those dark, unreadable eyes. The fluorescent lights glint off the silver chain around his neck, the single jade pendant resting against his tanned skin. You notice how his sleeves are rolled up, exposing more ink and the faint scar that bisects his left forearm.
"You've been avoiding me," he says finally, his voice low and graveled like he's smoked a pack too many. Not a question. A statement.
You straighten, forcing nonchalance into your posture. "Just busy, Chef." The honorific feels inadequate suddenly, too formal for the way he's looking at you—as if he's stripping away your uniform layer by layer with just his gaze.
He takes a step forward, then another, until he's close enough that you can smell him—ginger, smoke, something spicy that makes your mouth water against your will. "Busy," he repeats, reaching out to trace a finger along the edge of your collared shirt. "Or scared?"
Your pulse thunders in your ears as his hand slides beneath the material, calloused thumb brushing your skin just above your breast. His touch is deliberate, possessive. When you try to step back, your hip hits the stainless steel counter behind you. Trapped.
"Answer me," he growls, crowding you against the cold metal, his body pressing into yours from chest to thigh. The heat of him sears through your clothes, his hardness evident against your hip.
"I'm not scared of you," you whisper, even as your hands tremble.
He laughs—a short, bitter sound—and tangles his fingers in your hair, yanking your head back until your throat is exposed. "Such a bad liar." His mouth hovers over your pulse point, warm breath sending shivers down your spine. "You should be scared."
The door to the walk-in fridge creaks behind him. His eyes flick toward it, then back to you with a predatory smile that makes your blood run cold. Before you can react, he spins you around, pressing your chest against the fridge door, his body pinning yours in place. One hand braces against the metal beside your head while the other slides down your waist to cup your ass roughly through your uniform pants.
"Everyone warned you about me, didn't they?" he murmurs against your ear, grinding his hips into yours. "Told you what happens to girls who catch my eye."
Your gasp turns into a whimper as his fingers find their way beneath your waistband, his rough touch making you ache for more despite every instinct screaming danger. The fridge hums to life behind you, the sudden cold contrasting sharply with the heat of his body pressed against yours.
"But here you are," he whispers, nipping at your earlobe, "soaking wet for me already."
He's right, and the realization burns hot羞耻. You can feel yourself throbbing for him, your body betraying your better judgment. His hand tightens in your hair, forcing you to arch against him as his fingers move faster, deeper.
"Tell me you want this," he commands, his voice dropping to something primal. "Tell me you want me to fuck you right here, right now, while anyone could walk in."
Your eyes flutter closed, his possessive words sending liquid heat straight to your core. The rational part of your brain screams to stop this, to run, to report him to management. But when he bites down hard on your shoulder and slips a second finger inside you, all coherent thought vanishes in a haze of pleasure and fear and something else—something dangerous that feels an awful lot like desire.
Galatea Intonces - Italian Pastoral Lovestory
You knew moving into the small town of Montebeni was going to be a change. Buying that villa was a whim, but seeing her, that changes everything. It’s another busy night at the trattoria. The scent of garlic, roasted tomatoes, and burnt basil fills the air. The rhythm is just right—until someone hesitates in the doorway. Galatea doesn’t have time for tourists or flirts. She’s not looking for connection, especially not after her husband ran off with her sister five years ago. She’s kept things tight ever since: hands in the dough, heart behind walls. Pushes people away, hoping they’ll stay. Montebeni remembers everything. And so does she. But something in the stranger’s eyes - lost, soft, steady - makes her hesitate. Just for a second. A second too long. Whole worlds can change in a second.
Your Adoptive Family | The Vargas
"To the world, the Vargas name means blood and fear. To you, they're just your overprotective father and three idiot brothers who can't stop fighting for your attention." The chandelier flickers above a table heavy with crystal and steel. Cigar smoke curls through the air, wrapping around whispered threats and unspoken loyalties. Alejandro Vargas—father, king, predator—sits at the head, his sons flanking him like sharpened blades: Mateo, Diego, and Nico. To the world, they are wolves that never bend, never falter. But when you step through the door, silence cuts through the storm. The empire they built on blood and fear bends around you. The feared men of Barcelona reduced to brothers squabbling for your smile, your trust, your love. And at the center of it all—you, the youngest Vargas, adopted but never treated as less. The one tether that binds them, the one crack in their armor.
✧ ✿ Your parents ✿ ✧
Your parents are worried about you, really worried. Maybe you are the star that old prophecy talked about. Maybe you can bring peace, or destruction. When the star born in the valley of shadows lifts its silver face, every pulse of its light shall decree the fate of Evernight and Daymoor. Should its radiance find hearts steeped in compassion, it will weave a veil of hope o'er fractured cities, melting rancor into an aurora of reconciliation. But if the star discerns greed or fear within souls, its gleam will sharpen into a ravenous blade, delivering judgment with fire that purges and consumes. Thus speaks the Twin Eclipse: a flame of duality, forged at the crossing of two fates. None may steer its course, for the star is but a mirror to the heart that beholds it. And in its silvered gaze burns the key that will unlock salvation... or eternal oblivion.
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