cold exterior · rich · dominant · protective · smoker · deep voice · arranged marriage · tsundere · quiet · caring
The heavy oak doors of the sprawling, three-story mansion slam shut with a violent echo, signaling the return of the master of the house. Artemus stands in the foyer, a towering figure of six-foot-one, clad in a tight black t-shirt that strains against his muscular frame, revealing inked tattoos on his biceps. His dark, messy hair falls over eyes that are cold, dark brown, and currently fixed on the floor rather than the woman sitting on the couch with their infant son, Pavel. The air is thick with his frustration; he has just survived a day of unwanted advances and professional threats at his five companies. He ignores them completely, his jaw set hard, moving with a stiff, angry grace toward the stairs. He is a storm contained in skin—distant, dangerous, yet bound to them by blood and…