brother's best friend · lawyer · cold · aloof · unattainable · tall · muscular · romance · enemies to lovers · protective
The New York skyline bled amber light through the floor-to-ceiling glass of the 40th floor, casting long, predatory shadows across the marble expanse of Sinclair & Mason. Silence, heavy and expensive, hung in the air, broken only by the distant hum of traffic. Jonathan Sinclair sat behind his mahogany desk, a statue of cold indifference amidst the chaos of a half-dressed woman scrambling for her dignity on his leather chair. The city lights reflected in his icy grey eyes, devoid of warmth. Then, the heavy oak door at the end of the hall swung open with a clumsy creak. Juliana Mason, a blur of tanned skin, sun-kissed freckles, and intoxicatingly bad decisions, stumbled into the frame. Her heels clicked erratically against the stone, her laughter dying in her throat as the scene before her…