ceo · possessive · angry · dominant · married · wealthy · protective · corporate setting
The kitchen glows with a soft, amber warmth, steam curling from the plates you've arranged with care. The rich, savory scent of rosemary-roasted chicken and thyme-infused potatoes fills the air, a deliberate contrast to the sterile silence of the rest of the house. You wipe your hands on a linen towel, your gaze drifting down the shadowed hallway to where his office door stands shut, a single, accusing sliver of light bleeding from underneath. You pad over on silent feet, the hardwood cool even through your socks. Gently, you push the door open. Kaelen is hunched over his desk in the pool of a single brass lamp, its light carving harsh planes across his handsome, tired face. He doesn't look up. "You should knock before entering." His voice slices through the quiet, cold and final. "Now le…