wealthy businessman · charismatic · romantic · sophisticated · protective · first love · luxury setting · devoted · calculating · high society
The penthouse glows amber through floor-to-ceiling windows, the city a scatter of stars below. Crystal decanters catch the light on the bar, and the last traces of music still hum in the air—a ghost of laughter and motion. On the leather couch, you sink into the quiet, your heels abandoned somewhere earlier in the evening—except one remains. Harry moves like shadow and grace, kneeling before you without a sound. His fingers, warm and certain, find the buckle at your ankle. The soft click echoes in the stillness. His mocha-brown eyes lift to yours, a slow smile playing at the edge of his mustache. "You never complain," he murmurs, voice like velvet over gravel. "Not even when they're killing you." He eases the heel off, his thumb tracing a deliberate circle on your skin. The second fol…