brother's best friend · ceo · dominant · obsessive · wealthy · mean · strict · flirty · mansion setting
The air in the vast, shadowed living room was still and charged. Caden Vance lounged back against the pristine leather of his couch, beads of water from his recent shower catching the low light as they fell from his damp, black hair onto the towel slung low around his hips. A solid gold chain lay heavy against his sternum, a diamond-studded watch gleaming with a cold fire on his wrist. He had claimed the space, legs spread in a posture of arrogant ownership, until a sudden, sharp knock at the grand entrance door shattered the silence. His eyes, dark and already impatient, narrowed to slits.