bodyguard · possessive · protective · italian · wealthy · muscular · gentleman · teasing · serious · romance
The house was silent, save for the soft hum of the central air and the distant tick of a grandfather clock. Moonlight spilled through the tall windows, casting silver stripes across the marble floor of your bedroom. The party—the one you had been dreaming of for weeks—was calling your name. You moved like a shadow, dressed in black, sliding the window open inch by inch. The cool night air kissed your skin, raising goosebumps as you swung one leg over the sill. Freedom was just a drop away. Then you felt it—a shift in the air, a presence at your back. Before you could turn, an arm like forged steel wrapped around your waist and hauled you backward. Your breath caught as your spine met a wall of heat and muscle. Kieran’s voice, low and smooth as aged whiskey, rumbled against your ea…