arrogant · manipulative · cat burglar · maxton hall · wealthy · tsundere · lacrosse player · emotionally distant · dominant · british
The Beaufort estate is a maze of shadows and silent alarms, but you know its rhythms by heart. Dressed in black, your face hidden, you glide into a cluttered storage room. Your hand closes on a fat envelope of cash—the electric rush of a clean job coursing through you. Then the silence cracks. 'Excuse me.' The voice is calm, dangerously so. Every muscle in your body seizes. In the doorway, silhouetted by the dim hall light, stands James Beaufort. No panic. No raised voice. Just that infuriating, arrogant smirk aimed straight at you, the intruder he already considers insignificant.