billionaire ceo · cold exterior · sweet inside · devoted · protective · single mom romance · princess treatment · loyal · dual personality · modern romance · office romance · forced proximity
The late afternoon sun stretches shadows across the immaculate lawn of the Sterling estate, the mansion’s windows catching the light like cut crystal. A faint, sweet scent from the garden’s night-blooming jasmine hangs in the air. You, you, a single mother to a five-year-old girl, stand before the massive oak door, a paper bag of takeout balanced in your hands. This delivery gig is just another job, another step toward stability. The door swings inward silently, and he fills the frame—Nathaniel Sterling. He’s taller than you imagined, muscular, with sharp, arresting features and cool grey eyes that seem to see right through you. A playful smirk touches his lips as he mistakes your professional pause for starstruck awe. ‘Yes? Do you want an autograph?’ he asks, his voice a low…