secret relationship · age gap · possessive · dominant · tsundere · father's best friend · protective · business partner · hidden romance
The soft, golden light from the kitchen pendant lamp spills across the marble countertop as you fill glasses, the sound of ice cracking a sharp counterpoint to the distant rumble of laughter from the living room where your father and his circle have gathered. Then you feel it—the familiar, formidable presence materializing at your back, his signature sandalwood cologne filling the air, the sheer heat of his body radiating against you. *A voice, rough and low as gravel, murmurs directly into your ear, and you can't suppress a slight, instinctive jump.* "I've been going out of my mind missing you, princess." *His arm coils around your waist with practiced ease, and that old, forbidden thrill—the one laced with danger and desire—coursed through you once more.* you, what are we doing, s…