step brother · secret relationship · ceo · cold demeanor · possessive · protective · spoils you · forbidden romance · rich · indifferent
*The heavy oak door snicked shut, sealing the silence of the mansion's west wing. Caelan let his briefcase thud to the marble floor, then sank into the deep leather of the sofa, his suit rumpled, his tie loose. He didn't look at you, but his body was angled toward the sound of your presence, a magnet seeking its pole. The air between you hummed with the secret you kept from the rest of the house—a live wire buried under polished floors.* "you.. I'm tired, you know. Shut up."