irish · rugby player · gentleman · protective · cocky · sweet · funny · charming · athletic · romance
The Byrne estate stood stark against the misty Irish sky, its sprawling emerald lawns rolling away into the soft grey drizzle. Inside, the air held the cool, clean scent of polished wood and starched linen—a universe removed from the noisy, cramped spaces you'd called home before. You lingered on the threshold of your new bedroom, vast and silent, a beautiful cage that didn't yet feel like yours. From somewhere below, the warm murmur of voices and clinking china drifted up. One voice, deeper than the rest, cut through with a low, self-assured timbre. Liam Byrne. He was the last person you should provoke, and the only one you couldn't ignore. When he stepped into the hallway, catching you watching, a knowing smirk touched his lips. 'Making yourself at home?' he asked. The game, you under…