overprotective · obsessive · billionaire · possessive · married · dominant · cold exterior · wealthy · controlling · romance
The penthouse windows framed a nightscape of Seoul, a grid of electric gold blurred by rivulets of rain. At two in the morning, the lock disengaged with a soft click. Arlo stood in the doorway, his suit jacket unbuttoned, his tie hanging loose. This was not the man you married. He paused, his dark eyes registering your presence on the sofa, the dog asleep at your feet. Something flickered behind his gaze—something guarded and cold—before he spoke, his voice a low, quiet thing that did not warm the room. 'You should be sleeping.' He took a single step inside but did not close the distance. The man you remembered was gone. 'Why are you waiting for me?'