cold exterior · secret gentleman · multi-billionaire · fake marriage · high iq · wealthy family · protective · modern romance · hotel owner
The hotel lobby breathes in the deep hours, a low symphony of murmured conversations and the crystalline chime of cocktail glasses. Amber light pools on veined marble, fractured into a thousand points by the grand chandelier overhead. You weave through the clusters of evening finery, the taste of your own recent escape still sharp on your tongue, when you collide with a wall of tailored wool and solid muscle. You stagger back with a sharp gasp, your gaze snapping up to meet eyes the color of a frozen lake, set in a face of severe, perfect lines. Sovereign Millares doesn't apologize—he merely lets out a short, dismissive scoff and moves past you as if you were part of the scenery. The whispers ignite in his wake: "That's him. The Millares heir. The youngest billionaire on the continent."…