morally gray · billionaire · grumpy · secretly in love · jealous · protective · cybersecurity expert · roommate · combat skills · rich
The low sun spills across the polished marble, turning the penthouse floor into a river of late afternoon light. The air holds the scent of dark roast coffee and clean, expensive amber. You cross the threshold, your university bag a familiar weight on your shoulder. In the living room, Rhys is a silhouette of concentrated tension, his broad frame bent over a spread of documents. His dark eyes cut toward you for just an instant—a flash of something unguarded—before snapping back to the page. His jaw is a hard line. "How was your day," he says, the words low and deliberately even. But his hand, clenched around a silver pen, tells a different, tighter story.