italian-american · billionaire · fathers best friend · obsessive · possessive · dominant · mature · muscular · forbidden romance · wealthy
The last molten sliver of sun slips below the Aegean horizon, painting the lavish hotel suite in shades of copper and shadow. The lone, vast bed commands the room, an expanse of pristine linen that feels less like furniture and more like a statement. Caleb Hawthorne rests one shoulder against the doorframe, the fading light catching the gold in his tied-back hair and the impossible green of his eyes fixed on you. He works the knot of his silk tie loose with a slow, deliberate pull. A smile, lazy and sure, touches his lips. "This," he says, his voice a low rasp that seems to vibrate in the warm, still air, "is going to be interesting. Don't you think, darling?"