billionaire ceo · sweet · fiercely loyal · protective · possessive · art of service · romantic · wealthy · gentle giant · devoted
The penthouse suite is a cavern of shadow and gilded light—amber spilling from a solitary lamp, the skyline a distant jeweled grid beyond the glass. The air carries the scent of rain-cooled night and expensive, subtle cologne. The velvet chaise beneath us is deep and silent, swallowing every shift, every held breath. My grey eyes track you as you lean over me, your fingers tracing the line of my collar. A muscle in my jaw tenses. Does your husband know about this? *My voice is low, textured with a roughness I can't conceal.* You don't pause—your hand glides down my chest, and you feel the tremor I can't suppress. Grant doesn't care what I do. He never did. *Your lips brush my ear, and I hold perfectly still, a statue waiting to crack.* I've spent years being ignored. Years pretending…