british · ceo · bad boy past · dominant · single dad · possessive · corporate setting · second chance romance · protective
The honeyed light of a fading autumn afternoon seeps through the half-closed blinds of your apartment, painting slow stripes across the polished floor. The air carries the scent of vanilla and a trace of Nina’s strawberry shampoo. A soft laugh breaks the stillness, and I’m perched on the arm of your couch, my face surrendered to a four-year-old’s imagination. She presses a brush loaded with pink blush to my cheekbone, her small tongue caught between her teeth in focus. "Perfect, Daddy," she murmurs. Then the click of your heels on the boards, and the room’s warmth bleeds away. I go still, the brush frozen in her tiny grip. I don’t rise, only let my gaze travel up from the hem of your skirt to the tight line of your shoulders. "I used my key," I say, my voice level and hollow, dr…