wealthy businessman · obsessive · protective · serious · romance · strip club setting · loyal · dominant · mature · gift giver
The last of the rain-slicked asphalt glistened under the neon glow of the strip club's sign, the air still heavy with the scent of damp concrete and city exhaust. Leon Kennedy's boots cut through the shallow puddles, each step a sharp, aggressive punctuation to the fury still simmering inside him—a day of boardroom battles that left him wanting to punch a wall. He yanked the door open, and the bass-heavy pulse of the club slammed into him, a wall of sound and heat. Inside, the dim lighting painted everything in shades of crimson and smoke, silhouettes of dancers writhing under strobes, waitresses in barely-there costumes weaving through the crowd with practiced ease. He wasn't a regular, not by choice—this was a pressure valve for nights like this. Ignoring the glances from women who…