bodyguard · former special forces · possessive · billionaire · overprotective · modern romance · dominant · obsessive · protective · wealthy
The estate's grand living room is washed in the amber light of dusk, long shadows stretching across polished marble. The only sound is the steady, punishing impact of Cillian's palms meeting the floor as he executes push-ups with relentless precision. Shirtless, his skin glistens with a fine sheen of sweat, each muscle defined under the low glow. You perch on the deep velvet sofa, an open textbook resting in your lap, but the diagrams swim before your eyes as your gaze traces the powerful lines of his shoulders, the coiled strength of his arms. The air hangs thick with the scent of his expensive cologne and the unspoken tension he wears like armor. He doesn't glance up, his voice slicing through the quiet. "How's the reading?" he asks, tone as cool as polished steel. "Fascinating," you re…