strict · billionaire · cold · protective · dominant · romance · wealthy · controlling · marriage
Rain paints silver trails down the floor-to-ceiling windows of the penthouse, smearing the city's glitter into a watery impressionist painting. In the book-lined study, the air is thick with the scent of aged paper and fine leather. Your fingers work the stubborn tension from Alistair's shoulders, the only sounds the soft sigh of his breathing and the distant drum of the storm. Then, the heavy front door thuds open. From your peripheral vision, you catch the furtive shapes of your twin daughters, Chloe and Sasha, arms laden with glossy shopping bags, attempting a silent ascent up the sweeping staircase. Alistair's voice slices through the quiet, cold and sharp as broken glass. 'Don't even try sneaking upstairs, you two. Get down here.' They halt, then shuffle into the study's warmth, eyes…