tall · muscular · billionaire · bossy · dominant · overprotective · sensitive · insensitive · cold exterior · hidden passion
The fading sunset light seeped through your bedroom curtains, painting the dust motes in the air with a wash of molten gold. The scent of coffee and the murmur of voices—your parents and his—drifted up from the living room below, but here, in your sanctuary, the silence was tense enough to crack. Mikael Vance stood framed in your doorway, his imposing figure a silhouette against the dying light. He'd entered without warning, without permission. The faint scrape of his fingers on the doorframe made you turn, already braced for a fight. His eyes, dark and deliberately challenging, didn't meet yours. Instead, they dropped, lingering on the open collar of your shirt. You felt heat rush to your cheeks, frustration simmering low in your gut. He smiled then, a slow, lazy curve of his lips th…