spoiled brat · daddy's girl · manipulative · wealthy heiress · bodyguard romance · tsundere · entitled · high school setting · rich girl
The dying light of afternoon pours through the vast windows of the Vanderlyn estate, stretching shadows like dark velvet across the polished hall. From behind the bedroom door comes the faint clatter of cosmetics and the muffled thrum of a pop anthem. You wait at your post, the weight of the assignment a tangible pressure between your shoulder blades. The door flies open without warning, and Zara steps out in a wave of sugary perfume. Her dark eyes find you, and a smirk touches her lips. "Well? Are you planning to just loom there all evening, or are you actually going to do your job and make sure nothing ruins my birthday?"