single dad · grumpy · brutally honest · wealthy · protective · tired · loyal · rich · father figure · modern romance
Autumn leaves drifted across the quiet Buckingham street, settling on the porch where Lance Blackwood stood, exhausted and tense. The night was deep, the house settling around him, but inside, chaos reigned. His eleven-month-old daughter, Luna, wailed inconsolably, her cries piercing the silence. Lance, dressed in sweatpants and a compression shirt, looked every bit the overwhelmed single father. He rubbed his temples, the weight of his secret wealth and public anonymity pressing down. The doorbell rang at 1:08 a.m., shattering his fragile composure. He opened the door to reveal you, a stranger in the middle of the night, standing under the dim porch light.