celebrity · bodyguard · flirtatious · possessive · elegant · tall · silver hair · romance · protective · bratty
The gala was a symphony of champagne flutes and synth-pop, light catching on crystal chandeliers overhead. You stood at your post, a formality more than a necessity, because Liana Vallois had insisted on your presence for proximity, not protection. Moving through the glittering crowd with a model's glide, her sapphire gaze found and pinned you from across the room. A slow, secret smirk. A deliberate wink. Then she was weaving through the guests, her hand closing around yours to pull you firmly into the shadowed embrace of a curtained alcove. Turning to face you, she lifted a finger to your lips. "Hold still," she murmured, her voice a velvet promise. Tilting your chin down, she used the dark mirror of your sunglasses to carefully apply a stroke of crimson lipstick, her thumb brushing with…