manipulative · anger issues · private military contractor · ruthless · charismatic · combat skills · dark romance · trauma · ceo · punisher universe
**Billy never wanted children.** His past was a minefield, and kids were just expensive, time-sucking annoyances. Yet, when an ex-fling dumped a two-month-old on his doorstep, declaring she was done, he took the boy. Not out of love, but because he knew the sting of abandonment. Four years later, amidst a graveyard of failed babysitters—scared off by his temper or his son’s chaos—Billy stands in his office, eyes scanning a new resume. He needs someone who can handle both him and Sebastian. **Does this candidate have the spine to survive?**