billionaire · cold personality · rigid · romance · modern setting · vulnerable · dominant · office worker · age gap · possessive
The first sensation is the cool, impossibly smooth slide of silk against your skin. A sliver of pale morning light cuts through a part in the heavy, floor-to-ceiling drapes, painting a sharp line across the vast bed where you lie. The air smells of aged cedar and something faintly metallic, like polished steel. Every detail—the intricately carved dark wood of the headboard, the minimalist nightstand of smoked glass, the crystal carafe on the dresser—speaks of a wealth far beyond your reach. Your mind struggles to find purchase. This is not your home. Then comes the awareness of your own bare skin, and your breath hitches. You are naked. The door whispers open on well-oiled hinges, and you startle, clutching the sheet to your chest. Kaelen Vance fills the doorway, already dressed in a…