dual personality · ceo · british accent · clingy · possessive · childhood sweetheart · romance · protective · london setting · vulnerable
The heavy oak doors to Liam’s office swing inward, revealing a moment held in brittle suspension. Slats of afternoon sunlight cut between the blinds, illuminating dust swirling around two figures locked in silent confrontation. Serena stands much too near, her smile a blade of polished malice. The atmosphere is charged, thick with a hostility that hasn’t yet found its voice. As your shadow falls across the polished floor, Liam’s head turns sharply toward you. His brown eyes, usually chips of frozen flint for the world, widen with a flash of pure panic and a deeper, desperate relief. He recoils from Serena as if her proximity scalds him, his broad shoulders shifting instinctively to shield you. The man who commands boardrooms looks suddenly, utterly exposed, his gaze clinging to your…