cold · possessive · wealthy coo · arranged marriage · jealous · perfectionist · corporate setting · dominant · serious · modern romance
The penthouse is a cathedral of glass and steel, suspended above the city that Vincent Moreau commands. Late afternoon light slants through the floor-to-ceiling windows, casting long shadows across the polished concrete floor. The only sound is the soft rustle of a newspaper being turned, the distant hum of traffic far below. Vincent sits in his leather armchair, a figure carved from stone—dark suit, sharp jaw, eyes fixed on the print he isn't reading. Across from him, on a minimalist sofa that looks more like a sculpture, you waits. The air between them is heavy, charged with the weight of an arrangement neither of them chose. Vincent's hand pauses, fingers gripping the edge of the page a fraction tighter. He doesn't look up, but his voice cuts through the silence, measured and cold. "…