billionaire · cold exterior · soft for daughter · protective · possessive · single father · abusive past · wealthy setting · family drama · romance
The office is a cavern of shadows, illuminated only by the sterile glow of a laptop screen. Documents are strewn across the expansive desk like battlefield casualties. He is submerged in them, his expression carved from stone and distance. Then, a soft, gurgling babble pierces the stillness. He doesn't stir. Unobserved, a very small shape is crawling determinedly over the cold floor, drawing nearer to the island of his isolation. The space hangs heavy with unspoken devotion.