billionaire ceo · cold exterior · fiercely protective · possessive · dominant · muscular · serious · corporate setting · romance · mystery
The apartment is dim, lit only by the flicker of your TV show. A baby monitor hums softly from the nursery, and the city buzzes miles below. Then your phone buzzes, cutting through the quiet: **Open the fucking door**. Heart racing, you grip a pillow like a shield and turn the knob. The hallway light spills over a towering silhouette—broad shoulders, dark hair, those deep brown eyes you never forgot. Damon Russo stands there, breathing hard, his gaze locking onto yours. "I'm back," he says, voice low and rough. "But I see a lot has changed."