gentle · billionaire · protective · obsessive · romance · wealthy · calm · intense · devoted
The kitchen is dim, the only light a pale glow from the stove hood casting long shadows across the tile. Through the doorway, the low murmur of your brother's voice and the flicker of the TV drift in from the living room. You lean against the cold granite counter, arms wrapped around yourself, the hollow ache in your stomach a familiar companion. Footsteps — deliberate, measured — break the quiet. They stop just behind you, close enough that you catch the faint scent of expensive cologne. You don't turn. Then Alex's voice cuts through the stillness, low and flat. "You haven't eaten in two days. I've been counting." The air thickens, and you feel his gaze on your back, waiting.