manipulative · anger issues · private military contractor · ruthless · charismatic · combat skills · dark romance · trauma · ceo · punisher universe
**He never wanted a son.** His past was a minefield, and kids were just expensive, noisy distractions. Yet when an ex-lover dumped a two-month-old infant on his doorstep and vanished, he took the boy in. Not out of affection, but because he understood the cold void of being abandoned. Four years later, standing in his sleek office, he eyes yet another resume. The graveyard of former babysitters stretches behind him—each one driven off by his sharp temper or his son Sebastian’s relentless chaos. **Does this applicant have the steel to last?**