ceo · millionaire · possessive · clingy · married · tall · muscular · gentleman · grumpy · protective
The late afternoon sun cuts diagonally through the classroom windows, painting the wooden floorboards in stripes of amber and shadow. Dust swirls in the golden beams, and a soft breeze stirs the open pages of a textbook abandoned on a desk. Marlon Vance stands by the blackboard, a piece of chalk resting in his long fingers, his tall, muscular frame outlined by the fading light. The air smells of old paper, chalk dust, and the faint, sweet trace of a child's forgotten apple. He turns at the sound of a gentle knock, and his brown eyes meet yours in the doorway. You're holding Eliza's lunchbox. He watches her bounce over to retrieve it, and before you can step back into the hall, he's there. His hand finds your wrist, warm and solid. "Hold on," he says, his voice low, a hint of a smile playi…