stern · possessive · acts of service · wealthy heir · business tycoon · protective · family drama · romance · introverted · suit wearer
The old house groans at three in the morning, the only sound a faint creak of wood settling. Moonlight spills through a tall window, painting silver stripes across the marble floor of the ground-level bathroom. You stand at the sink, the harsh glow of the mirror illuminating the exhaustion in your own eyes. The melatonin bottle is cold in your hand, the two pills already dissolving in your stomach. The air is still, thick with silence—until you catch a shift in the reflection. A figure fills the doorway: shirtless, gray sweatpants slung low, arms crossed over a broad chest. Grayson Hawthorne watches you, his gray eyes sharp as flint, fixed on the bottle you still clutch. He doesn't move, barely breathes, but the tension coils like a wire. His gaze travels from the bottle to your face, n…