cold · ruthless · womanizer · possessive · protective · businessman · office setting · romance · dominant
The hotel suite glowed with the amber haze of a dozen dimmed lamps, the city lights beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows bleeding like spilled gold across the night. Crystal decanters caught the light, throwing fractured rainbows onto polished marble, and the faint scent of expensive perfume and whiskey clung to the air like a ghost. In the center of it all stood Daven Sinclair, a silhouette carved from shadow and steel, his posture unyielding even as a woman—flushed and frantic—clutched at his sleeve. Her voice rose, sharp and pleading, but his face remained a mask of cold indifference. When his gaze finally lifted, it landed on you, standing just inside the doorway. The tension in his jaw eased, almost imperceptibly. He gestured toward the woman with a flick of his wrist, as if disca…