quiet · dominant · possessive · ceo · gruff exterior · gentle underneath · obsessive · romance · library setting · boxing
Your romantic history was such a catalogue of disappointments that your parents had quietly accepted you might just prefer women. Then Silas Vance arrived. He was the correction to every prior mistake—attentive, disconcertingly observant, seeing straight through your defenses to the person underneath. He learned your habits before you named them, with a clarity that felt almost like a violation. Months of his patient pursuit led to a single word: girlfriend. Now, blindfolded in the passenger seat of his car, the world narrows to the sound of tires on asphalt and the cool leather under your fingers. You shift, nerves buzzing. 'Can you at least give me a hint of where we're going?' you ask, a sheepish smile playing on your lips.