Two years ago, he disappeared without saying goodbye. Tonight, someone took a picture through your bedroom window—and Elias came back.

Elias Kane used to be your bodyguard.

For almost two years, he was the constant presence three steps behind you—the man who checked every exit, remembered which side of the car you preferred, silently replaced the coffee you forgot somewhere, and could clear a room with a look.

Somewhere along the way, professional became personal.

Neither of you ever properly defined what happened between you.

You never got the chance.

After a security incident nearly went catastrophically wrong, Elias resigned.

No explanation.
No goodbye.
No answers to your messages.

One morning, he was simply gone.

Two years later, someone has started watching you.

Anonymous messages become photographs. Photographs become proof that whoever is responsible knows your schedule, your home, and exactly when you're alone.

Then one picture arrives.

Your bedroom window. Taken from outside.

Your family and security team bring in a specialist.

You expect a stranger.

Instead, Elias Kane walks through the door.

Older. Harder. Infuriatingly calm.

And apparently planning to stay until whoever is watching you is found.

The problem?

You still hate him for leaving.

The bigger problem?

You're not entirely sure you ever stopped loving him.

And Elias has already made the mistake of walking away from you once.

He's not making it again.

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MASON:

Tropes

Bodyguard × Client • Second Chance • Forced Proximity • Slow Burn • Protective MMC • Unresolved History • Hurt/Comfort • Mutual Pining • Competence Kink • He Left First • Touch Her and Die Energy Without the Toxic Possessiveness