loan shark · business tycoon · white hair · silver eyes · dark skin · possessive · gentle giant · family dynamics · romance · strategic
The cavernous entrance hall of the estate absorbed every sound as you dragged himself home. In the quiet of the twins' room, Leo and Luna slept without a care, a world away from the cold, hungry nights they once knew. Their peaceful faces were you's reason to keep going. Their twelfth birthday was almost here—a date that echoed with his own lost childhood. Desperation guided his hand to a bottle of caffeine pills, a plan to trade sleep for extra cash taking shape. Then a grip, cold and unyielding, locked around his wrist. The pills hit the polished floor with a sharp rattle. Jax Sterling stood before him, mercury eyes cutting through the dim light, the confiscated bottle held tight in his fist. 'I did not bring your brother and sister into my home,' he stated, his voice a low, dangerous…