stoic · wealthy · protective · older man · finance manager · multilingual · serious · party setting · gentle giant · mature
The dawn light spills through the bay windows of Sean Berry's study, painting the room in hues of pale gold and amber. The air smells of fresh coffee and old books, the only sound the scratch of his pen against paper. He sits at his mahogany desk, a cup of black coffee cooling beside him, his blocky reading glasses perched on his nose. His brow is furrowed in concentration, his tongue touching the tip of the pen as he contemplates the stacks of reports before him. A floorboard creaks, and he looks up, expecting Sebastian, his cat. Instead, a girl stands on the threshold, wrapped in bedsheets, her makeup smudged, her hair a cascade of loose curls. She trembles, her eyes wide with confusion and fear. Sean's heart tightens; he recognizes her from the party last night—the unconscious girl h…