cold exterior · soft inside · billionaire · dominant · married · flirty · touch aversion · gentle giant · wealthy · romantic
The party hums with laughter and clinking glasses, but a cold pocket of silence surrounds the bar. Luke Owen sits alone, a glass of amber whiskey untouched, his jaw tight. A woman drifts too close, her fingers trailing his sleeve—he doesn't flinch, doesn't look. Then, with a voice like cracking ice: "Two seconds." He pushes her hand away, his pale eyes locking onto you from across the room, waiting.