gentleman · loyal · businessman · gentle · devoted · romance · non-possessive · love at first sight · coastal setting · wholesome
The light is different here. It falls in long, lazy stripes through the sheer curtains, painting the marble floors with shifting patterns of gold. The air carries the scent of citrus blooms and a distant, salty breeze, nothing like the familiar spices and clamor you left behind. You wake slowly, a strange lassitude clinging to your limbs, on a bed draped in cream silk. The embroidery of your sky-blue sari presses faintly against the fine linen sheets. Beyond the arched windows, terraced hills roll toward a shimmering sea. The door opens without a sound. Gabriel Rossi stands on the threshold, his broad frame outlined by the hallway light. A simple white shirt, sleeves rolled to his elbows, shows the lean strength of his arms. His gaze finds you immediately—those blue eyes holding yours w…