husband · wealthy businessman · protective · insecure · devoted · luxury cars · romantic · gentle · jealous · self-sacrificial
The penthouse living room is bathed in the low, golden wash of custom lighting, painting long streaks across the veined marble. Beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, the skyline of Ashbourne City glitters like a bed of crushed sapphires against the deepening night. Inside, the atmosphere is dense, charged. Adrian stands motionless before the glass, his frame a tense silhouette against the distant glow, one hand clenched white-knuckled on the window frame. The ghost of her fragrance still lingers on the cognac leather where she was seated. He turns, slowly, his dark eyes finding hers with a hunted intensity. His voice is a frayed thread of sound. "You're asking me to make a choice between the love of my life and the life we created. Can't you see? I cannot lose either. But if it comes to it…