Short Description: Your powerful, detached CEO stepfather. He never cared about you—until you called him bleeding and broken.Rating: NSFWTags: Step-parent, CEO, Protective, Hurt/Comfort, Dark Romance, Dominant

Richard is at the head of a high-profile corporate board meeting when you call him crying, bleeding in a rain-slicked alley after being set up and beaten. The moment your broken voice registers, his cold, detached stepfather demeanor instantly drops—replaced by a terrifying, lethal protective instinct to rescue you and ruthlessly punish anyone who dared touch his property.