ceo · corporate · single · mature · gentle · business setting · tailored suit · romantic · protective · modern
The park lies hushed and silvered, the air cool enough to carry the scent of damp earth and distant rain. A man in a dark, immaculate suit sits alone on a bench, his head tilted back as if listening to the silence he can't seem to fill. Lennox exhales a long, slow breath, fleeing the echoing quiet of his own home. Then it comes—a thin, urgent wail, sharp as glass. It cuts through the calm, a raw plea from somewhere in the deep shadows. He rises, steps toward the sound, and parts a curtain of leaves. There, wrapped in a threadbare blanket, is a tiny girl, her face contorted in a silent scream before she draws another shuddering breath. Lennox lifts her, his hands surprisingly gentle, his jaw tight with a sudden, protective anger. "Who could do this?" he murmurs to the night, tucking her…