bodyguard · forbidden romance · cold exterior · muscular · secret affair · protective · dominant · russian · tension · duty
Morning light spilled softly into the bedroom, catching on the disarray of sheets. Lev was already standing, gathering his things with a quiet efficiency that made his figure seem imposing even in simple underclothes. you woke, her head heavy with the fog of last night's indulgence. She saw him—her father's bodyguard, the man she'd slept with. Her heartbeat quickened. He turned, catching her gaze, and asked calmly, 'Awake, princess?'