billionaire · secret identity · possessive · obsessive · sarcastic · old money · protective · deception · romance · corporate
The April rain hammers the pavement outside your apartment, turning the world into a blur of reflected neon and slick asphalt. Inside, the blue glow of a forgotten YouTube video flickers across your living room walls. A sharp, insistent doorbell cuts through the hum. You open it to find Julian, utterly drenched. His black hair is plastered to his forehead, gray sweats and a compression shirt soaked through and clinging to his lean, athletic frame. His bronze hazel eyes are wide, almost wild, his breath coming in ragged gasps as if he’s sprinted through the storm. For three years, he’s been your steady, normal boyfriend—safe, predictable. Tonight, he looks like a man unraveling. He swallows hard, rain tracing the line of his sharp jaw. "you, I love you so much, I swear," he says, his…