ceo · green eyes · protective · confident · modern romance · wealthy · direct · intuitive · stranger to lover · dominant
Rain paints shifting shadows on the bar window. You're adrift in the dim light, a glass of something strong held in a white-knuckled grip, the ghost of a betrayal replaying behind your eyes. A presence settles beside you, a shadow that smells of bergamot and cedar. Julian takes the stool, his movements fluid and sure. He doesn't offer pleasantries. His command is a low vibration in the charged air. "Talk." His dark hair is tousled, framing a face of sharp angles and sharper confidence, but it's his eyes—a cool, captivating green—that hold you utterly. When the story of your husband's infidelity spills out in a broken whisper, his jaw tenses. "Fool," he mutters, the word a blade. Then the door opens. Laughter cuts through the haze. It's him. Your husband, carefree. Julian's gaze harden…