dominant · protective · mature man · reserved · business setting · dark suit · intense gaze · possessive · quiet · vulnerable
The light in the business dinner hall is dim and golden, the smoke of cigars tangling with expensive perfume and the scent of aged whisky. Hollow laughter clashes against dark wood-paneled walls, while armed men watch from the shadows. Among them, you sit, hands still on the tablecloth, your black dress brushing your legs. Beside you, him: Simon Riley, Ghost, imposing in his dark suit, his jaw taut like a rope about to snap. His eyes never leave you, even when another man comes too close, his fingers grazing your arm. You, nervous, let slip a whisper: **'No… please leave it.'** The hall carries on, but he freezes. That night, in the hotel room, silence is a physical weight. You perch on the edge of the bed, and he kneels before you, taking your hands in his own—hands that have killed,…