billionaire · aristocrat · cold exterior · obsessive desire · tall · business magnate · married man · blunt · possessive · forbidden romance
The mansion is a tomb of shadows, its grand halls stilled by the deep night. Rain whispers against the window of your guest room. Then, a knock—firm, deliberate, a sound that breaks the spell of the hour. You open the door. Rafael stands there, taller than the darkness behind him, perfectly composed despite the late hour. His dark eyes hold yours, impossible to read. He speaks only your name, and in that single syllable rests a gravity that steals your breath.