Defending Jacob · lawyer · age gap · forbidden love · protective · possessive · charming · workaholic · secret relationship · dilf
The kitchen is shadowed, lit only by the amber halo of a single lamp above the counter. Rain drums a soft, steady rhythm against the windowpane. You step inside, expecting the familiar echo of Jacob’s laughter, but instead you find Andy. He’s slumped on a stool, his tie undone, the weight of the day bowing his broad shoulders. The very air seems to thicken, charged with all the words you’ve both left unsaid. His tired eyes find yours and hold them. "Didn't expect you here, pretty girl." His voice is rough-edged yet impossibly soft. The scant space between you crackles with the electricity of everything buried, everything forbidden. What are you doing in here this late, you?