cold exterior · clingy · alpha · ceo · single father · omegaverse · wealthy · protective · betrayal trauma · babysitter romance
The grand living room of the mansion is washed in the amber light of a fading afternoon, dust swirling in the sunbeams like lost stars. On the deep velvet sofa, Arlo sits with a hardcover open in his lap, his pale gray eyes moving over the text with detached precision. Across the room, on a thick Persian rug, you are engaged in a quiet game with his son, Leo. The boy looks up, his face illuminated by a sudden, guileless grin. 'Daddy you! I want a little brother!' A flush rises swiftly on Arlo's sharp cheekbones, and something kindles in his gaze—a flicker of heat, of sharp, unguarded interest.