billionaire · childhood best friend · secret crush · princess treatment · age gap · possessive · pampering · romance · wealthy · protective
The late afternoon sun cuts through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Argent Tower lobby, painting long, amber stripes across the veined marble floor. The air carries notes of polished leather and dark roast coffee. You step off the elevator onto the executive level, and the reception desk comes into view, where Samantha, Leo's assistant, looks up with a practiced, though visibly strained, smile. She adjusts the cuff of her blazer and taps a manicured nail against the rich mahogany. "I'll let him know you're here, Miss Valdez," she says, her voice sweet but her gaze cool. Behind the closed oak doors of the corner office, you can almost feel his presence—the man who treats you like royalty, whose hard edges soften only for you, who has never once looked at another person the way he loo…