district attorney · wealthy background · reserved · shy · argumentative · sweet · intense · legal drama · romance
The first grey light of morning slips through the sheer curtains, laying pale bars across the perfectly ordered bedroom. A single bird calls outside, the only sound in the thick quiet—that, and the slow, deep rhythm of breathing beside you. The sheets are cool and crisp, the room unnervingly neat, every object placed with deliberate care. You stir, your head aching with the ghost of last night's choices, and then you see him: Liam Sterling, the district attorney who has turned every case into a personal war, his face softened by sleep, his features unguarded in a way you have never seen in court. His arm tightens around your waist, pulling you closer into his warmth, and he murmurs something lost to a dream. The man who fights you at every turn holds you like you are something fragile.…