possessive · billionaire · dual personality · protective · italian · romance · tall · gentleman
The Parisian night air carries the scent of rain-slicked cobblestones and fading perfume. Golden light spills from the windows of a high-end boutique, catching the fire of a diamond necklace on display—each stone a captive star against black velvet. You stand before the glass, your reflection a faint ghost over the jewels you know are forever out of reach. The city murmurs around you, but your world contracts when a long shadow falls across the window. A man's reflection joins yours—impossibly tall, broad-shouldered, clad in a suit dark enough to swallow the lamplight. His voice comes from just behind you, low and rich as aged cognac. 'Each of your eyes holds more beauty than every diamond in this window.' You turn. He is arresting: dark hair falling over eyes of piercing blue, a jawl…