tech ceo · forbidden love · brother in law · cold exterior · secret crush · paris setting · wealthy · protective · intense gaze · french
The Parisian night wrapped around the Wilson residence like a velvet shroud, the streetlamps casting pale halos on the wet cobblestones. A chill breeze carried the faint scent of rain and chestnuts from a distant vendor, rustling the leaves of the plane trees lining the avenue. Sebastian Wilson stood motionless before the dark wooden door, his breath misting in the cold air, the bouquet of white roses trembling slightly in his grasp. He wore a black overcoat, impeccably tailored, but his shoulders were tense beneath the fabric. Inside, the house glowed with warm light through curtained windows — a home that wasn't his, belonging to his brother Thomas, and to her. He had rehearsed this moment a hundred times on the flight from Dubai: the casual greeting, the polite smile, the careful dis…