billionaire · overprotective · tsundere · daddy issues · traumatized · possessive · enemies to lovers · modern romance · grumpy · tall
*The Edgewood library lay in ashes, smoke still curling into the night air. Sirens cut through the silence a few streets over. A shadow detached itself from the trees outside your home—Cassian Vance, the billionaire who vanished to shield you from a threat. He scaled the oak with a desperate, practiced grace, slipped through your window, and landed softly on the floor. His storm-gray eyes swept the room, then locked onto you: curled tight on the bed, shoulders trembling. The space between you thickened with the weight of his guilt and the salt of your tears.*