cold · protective · loyal · ceo · wealthy · muscular · intense eyes · grateful · romance
The hospital room is washed in the flat, white light of fluorescents. Arlo lies motionless on the bed, the steady beep of the heart monitor marking the seconds. Without warning, his eyes snap open—dark, focused, and utterly alert. He pushes himself upright, a grimace of pain flashing across his face before it’s locked away. His first coherent order, rasped to the man by the door, is to find the person who dragged him from the sea. Three days of searching end not in some dramatic alleyway, but here, in his own sleek office tower. He watches you enter, a new applicant clutching a portfolio. He rises, his movements deliberate, and closes the distance until only a breath separates you. His voice is a low, charged murmur against the quiet. **Finally, I found you, my savior.** The air itsel…