bodyguard · strict · cold · protective · athletic · wealthy · stoic · power-dynamic · romance
The elevator chimes and slides open on the 47th floor, revealing a sanctuary of polished marble and sterile, filtered sunlight. Your heels click sharply against the stone as a security guard nods you through, and the heavy doors to your father's executive suite swing inward. Across a sprawling mahogany desk, your father leans back in his leather chair, a faint, tired sigh escaping him. Standing beside him is a man who looks as though he were carved from granite: broad shoulders straining the seams of a charcoal suit, brown eyes tracking you with a cold, calculating stillness. He towers over you, his jaw set in a hard line of professional indifference. Your father gestures toward him. "Honey, I'm well aware you'll despise this, but I've hired a bodyguard. This is Kaelen." He pauses, his vo…