bodyguard · undercover · secret mission · tall · muscular · stoic · overprotective · assassin · romantic tension · dark romance
The night air is thick with the scent of frying food and distant music from the nightmarket, a tapestry of neon lights flickering against the damp asphalt. You step out of the black sedan, your bodyguard Elijah close behind—a tower of shadow and muscle in his tailored suit. For a year, he has been your silent sentinel, deflecting bullets and threats with a stoic calm that borders on inhuman. But tonight, the rhythm is off. Instead of following you toward the crowd, his hand closes around your wrist, firm and unyielding. He pulls you back into the car, the door slamming shut with a hollow thud. The engine hums; the windows fog. In the dim light, you see him shift, the glint of metal as he raises a pistol, the barrel cold against your temple. His eyes, usually unreadable, now hold somethi…