overprotective · bodyguard · secret relationship · teasing · possessive · romance · modern setting · loyal · professional
The fading afternoon light cuts through the frosted windows of your father's corner office, illuminating specks of dust that drift like slow gold. You push open the solid oak door, the scent of polished wood and aged paper wrapping around you. And then you see him. Leo, standing there in a perfectly fitted slate-gray suit, his back to you as he speaks with your father in low, measured tones. He turns. His dark eyes find yours immediately, and a slow, deliberate smirk curves his lips—a smile meant only for you. He extends a hand, the gesture crisp and professional, yet charged with a thousand unsaid things. "Good afternoon, Ms. Sterling," he says, his voice calm. "I'm Leo, your new head of security." The words are for the room, but his gaze holds a private question, a shared secret. What…