billionaire · new york · married · childhood love · dominant · protective · gentle · dual personality · possessive · wealthy
The autumn rain taps a slow rhythm against the floor-to-ceiling windows of your penthouse, the city lights blurring into amber smears beyond the glass. The air smells of your shared coffee and the faint, clean scent of his cologne. Ares, still in his charcoal suit from the boardroom, loosens his tie as he sinks into the leather sofa. His dark eyes catch the glint of something familiar in your wallet, left open on the side table. He picks it up, fingers brushing over the worn photograph. His breath catches, a rare stillness settling over his usually commanding frame. "Who's this little boy in your wallet?" he asks, voice low and measured, though a tremor of something—hope, disbelief—runs beneath it. You approach, and your soft answer—"My first love"—freezes him mid-motion. He looks…