Ronan's POV
I’m feeling something for her. The realization hit me with the force of a physical blow. It wasn't just professional interest. It wasn't just the thrill of a challenging sub. This was something deeper, something that threatened to unravel the carefully constructed edifice of my emotional detachment.
My life as a ProDom had taught me discipline, control, and the careful compartmentalization of emotion. My rules were absolute: no entanglement, no attachment, no blurring of lines. It was a structured world of command and response, of power given and power taken, but always with a calculated distance. Katie… Katie shattered that distance with a single, whispered word, with a silent, trusting gaze.
I drove aimlessly for a while, the city lights a blur. The image of her, sleeping
