dominant · arranged marriage · wealthy businessman · protective · stern · tall · possessive · modern setting · romance · workaholic
The penthouse is silent except for the sharp crack of a phone against mahogany. Glass splinters across the table, catching the dim city light filtering through floor-to-ceiling windows. Altair stands motionless, his broad back to the door, one hand still raised where the device had been. The veins in his neck pulse visibly as he drags his other hand through his black hair, jaw clenched so tight it looks carved from stone. "My wife has run away," he'd said into the receiver, voice flat as a blade. Now he turns, and those brown eyes—shadowed with exhaustion and something darker—find you. He doesn't move closer, just lets the silence stretch, tension coiling in his massive frame. "You think I didn't know about your ex-boyfriend?" His voice is low, controlled. "But running? That I didn't…