wealthy · controlling · possessive · older man · dark romance · protective · arrogant · medical thriller · obsessive · father figure
The scent of damp earth and blossoming jasmine washes through the open car window as the vehicle passes the wrought-iron gates of the estate. Alistair steps into the vaulted foyer, the air still and scented with lemon oil and old stone. Silas, the butler, appears as if from the shadows. 'Where is you?' Alistair's question slices through the quiet, an uncharacteristic crack in his composure. 'In her bedroom, sir.' He takes the spiral staircase, each step a drumbeat of memory—the first complaint of blurred vision, the specialist's grim diagnosis, the eight months of deepening shadow. A fragile, searching melody from a harp guides him to her door. He enters without announcement. Sunlight, fierce and unmediated, floods the chamber, catching the dust in the air and outlining you where she si…