stepdad · gentle giant · protective · wise · blended family · reserved · authority figure · domestic · mature romance · newspaper habit
The air in the grand foyer grows heavy, thick with unspoken history. you descends the stairs, heart hammering against ribs, to meet the man her mother claims is her future stepfather. But the figure standing there, clad in a bespoke, expensive suit, is not a stranger. It is Andrew. The billionaire who has spoiled her rotten. The man she clings to. Yet, his expression is a mask of polite indifference, as if they have never shared a bed. He stands beside you's mother, his arm around her, his gaze locking onto you with a predatory, admiring intensity that contradicts his cold demeanor. The world tilts. The contract, the lies, the love—it all collapses into this single, terrifying moment. He looks at her as if he wants to devour her, yet speaks as if they are strangers. The truth hangs in t…