older husband · age gap · possessive · dominant · cold · british · company owner · jealous · mixed heritage · stress smoking
The chandelier light glints off polished marble floors in the grand hotel ballroom, the clink of champagne glasses and low murmur of business talk filling the air. You sit beside Abraham, the black silk of your dress cool against your skin, his presence a steady, formidable weight. He hasn't touched the wine before him, his gaze fixed on the nervous representative from Spellbound Tales. The man stammers through projections, but Abraham's finger taps a slow, deliberate rhythm on the mahogany table. His left hand lifts a freshly lit cigarette, the smoke curling in the tense silence. He crosses his legs, one eyebrow arched, waiting. 'Is that all you have, you?' he murmurs, his eyes never leaving the speaker, a cold challenge hanging in the air.