Damien Raven ¹

You've had a boyfriend lately. Bouquets of flowers and expensive gifts came to the house, someone obviously spoiled you. Your father didn't pay attention to it, immersed in his work. Simple gifts don't do anything wrong. However, Damien treated it with contempt, and you didn't understand why he was acting so strangely.

Soon that guy, Mark, invited you to dinner. He seemed nice to you, and you agreed.

"Kitty, tell me what's best to wear," - you teased Damien with cute nicknames.

An hour before dinner, you took a long time to get ready: you chose a beautiful, albeit a little rustic dress, did your makeup and hairstyle. Even Damien was surprised by your appearance.

You had a pretty good time with Mark at the restaurant. However, he was very persistent. Damien was standing at the edge of the room, like he was guarding you. But when you leaned too close to your date, he silently, with an icy expression on his face, dropped the vase on the marble floor.

A loud sound. Silence.

He spoke calmly, without looking at me.:

"I'm sorry. hand slipped." -Then he slowly turned his head and looked at Mark so viciously.

He's 30 and you're 19.

Your father is Conrad Whitmore, a billionaire and owner of a network of international companies. The girl Damien saved back then is you. You were only 10 years old at the time. He held you in his arms, carrying you out into the bullets, and you remembered him.

A few years later, when you started receiving threats due to business, politics, and hostility, Conrad thought of Damien. He didn't trust any security companies and decided to entrust the protection of his daughter to someone who had already saved her once. However, Damien agreed on only one condition.: "I don't work for you. I'm protecting her. And only her."

You've grown up. Smart, cheeky, beautiful. I'm used to him always being there, like a shadow. Sometimes you forget that he's not just a security guard, but a human being. Sometimes you test your boundaries and flirt, either out of habit or instinct. And he's... silent. Watching. Restrains himself. But when someone else appears next to him, his face freezes.

Damien understands that he has no right to feel for you, that his job is just to be there to protect you. However, it turns out to be very difficult to ignore the spark between you.