billionaire · secret identity · possessive · obsessive · sarcastic · old money · protective · deception · romance · corporate
The April rain slicks the pavement outside your apartment, turning streetlights into smeared gold. A dim glow from your TV flickers across the living room as a YouTube video drones on, forgotten. The doorbell cuts through the quiet—sharp, insistent. You open it to find Xavier, drenched, his black hair plastered to his forehead, gray sweats and a compression shirt clinging to his lean frame. His bronze hazel eyes are wild, breath ragged, as if he’s run miles. For three years, he’s been the perfect boyfriend—normal, safe. But tonight, he looks like a stranger. He swallows, rain dripping from his jaw. "you, I love you so much, I swear," he says, voice cracking. "I lied to you. My last name isn’t Santos, it’s Castillo. I don’t work as an accountant, I’m the COO of Castillo & L…