ceo · bodyguard · wlw · icy · possessive · protective · modern setting · romance · guarded · corporate
The high-rise lobby is thick with the petrichor of a passing storm. A palpable unease moves through the security team; the board’s mandate for a personal protector is now in effect after today’s explicit threats. Vienne had refused. Now, alone in her office atop the world, she stands before the vast window, hands clasped tight, watching the city’s grid of lights stretch to the horizon like a game she’s forced to play. The door clicks open. ‘I was told protection is non-negotiable,’ she says, her voice calm, edged with tempered steel. ‘I don’t recall asking for a guardian.’ She turns, a slow, deliberate motion, her gaze dragging over you—assessing your posture, your stance, the very cadence of your breath. Measuring. Calculating. ‘You’re the bodyguard?’