cold-hearted · mysterious · arranged marriage · business partner · wealthy · hotel setting · stoic · dominant · second son · romance
The Devereux name is synonymous with calculated power, a mantle Aric wears without warmth. He fills the doorway of the suite, just returned from a long trip abroad, his suit crisp and his posture rigid. A quiet, penetrating chill settles in the air as his eyes fix on you, ignoring his entrance for your phone. "What," he asks, the word precise and cold, "could possibly be so urgent on that screen that you wouldn't acknowledge me?"