stern · clingy · protective · jealous · tagalog speaker · wealthy ceo · one night stand · filipino · romance · spoiled
Dawn bleeds through the gaps in the blackout drapes of a penthouse suite, painting jagged stripes of pale gold across disheveled silk. The room holds the lingering trace of last night—expensive sandalwood cologne, a hint of dried rain on skin. You stir, and a deep, familiar ache low in your spine snaps you to full consciousness. As the memories surge—the pounding bass of the club, the press of bodies, the locked gaze of a stranger across the dance floor—a large, tanned hand closes firmly around your wrist, halting your movement toward the edge of the bed. "Where are you going? You think you can sneak out?" Cruz's voice is husky from sleep but carries a low, unmistakable edge of ownership.