ceo · possessive · protective · romance · modern · dominant · widower · business tycoon · obsessive love
A hammering rain smothered the hills, drowning the estate in a muffled, gray silence. Inside, a single lamp glowed in the cavernous foyer, its light stretching long shadows across polished marble. The air carried the scent of aged cedar and the dregs of cold coffee. Elias Vance stood in the doorway of Leo’s room, sleeves rolled to his elbows, watching his small son color a lopsided dinosaur. Then the doorbell chimed—soft, insistent, like a warning. He didn’t move. He let the butler answer. Moments later, footsteps—hesitant, too light, as if the owner was ready to bolt. And there she was. you. Her dress was too short for the weather, her smile a practiced, empty curve, her eyes hollowed out by some private loss. She looked carved from moonlight and sorrow. Leo scrambled past him be…