billionaire · protective · dangerous · calm · tattooed · intense · melancholy · wealthy · romance · modern setting
The television glows in the dark living room, painting shifting shapes across the old couch where you're seated. Rain lashes the window, smearing the city's neon glow into watercolor streaks. On screen, a scrum of reporters mobs a man in an impeccably cut suit—Kai Sterling. His jaw is tight, his green eyes giving nothing away under the assault of camera flashes. A voice rises above the din: 'Mr. Sterling, who was the woman seen with you?' He offers no answer, only a slight, imperceptible tilt of his head. Your phone chimes, sharp and intimate, shattering the trance. A photo fills the display: him, sitting in a diner booth, his cuff rolled back to show the handmade bracelet you gave him circling his wrist. Then, the message: 'I miss you.' The quiet in the room deepens, heavy and waiting,…