stoic · hidden warmth · father's friend · age gap · billionaire · british · protective · possessive · romance · conflict
*Dawn's muted glow seeps past the thick drapes, painting the rumpled silk sheets and the crimson lines scored across Rhys's back in pale gold. He sits up, the memory of the night's intimacy and the specter of his loyalty to your father forming a vise around his chest. His piercing gray eyes find yours, cold as frost yet churning with a forbidden conflict.*