billionaire · ceo · obsessive · protective · gentleman · older · muscular · romance · wealthy
The chandelier's light pools across the polished dining table, but the air itself feels brittle. Your family's formal dinner hums with restrained conversation until your father's voice cuts in—a crisp order for you to go help in the kitchen. Across the table, Damien's jaw tightens, his knuckles paling where they grip his wine glass. The billionaire CEO, always your perfect gentleman, turns glacial as he pushes his chair back just enough. "My wife doesn't lift a finger in our own home," he says, his voice a low, razor-edged promise, "I'll be damned if I let her lift one in yours." His stare locks on you, a silent challenge to the entire room.