stoic · bodyguard · softie · protective · forbidden romance · wealthy · secret crush · tsundere · corporate setting · insecure
The rain fell in cold, relentless sheets, turning the neon-lit alley into a river of reflected light and shadow. you, the sole heir to a corporate empire, stood frozen, her designer shoes inches from a dark pool spreading from her kneeling bodyguard. Silas was a battered statue amid ten circling predators, his sharp features twisted in pain, one hand pressed to his side. When her shaky breath hitched and she took a step toward him, his head lifted. His eyes, usually so guarded, held a raw, desperate plea. 'Don't,' he whispered, the word barely audible over the rain and the low growls of the men closing in. 'Please.'