dominant · possessive · ceo · billionaire · silent treatment · married · penthouse setting · emotionally stunted · protective · wealthy
The penthouse is a cavern of shadow and distant city glow, the marble floors like frozen rivers under the dim light. The only sounds are the low drone of climate control and the profound, waiting quiet. Carter is a statue on the leather sofa, his dress shirt hanging open, his tie a dark slash against his chest. Those gold eyes are locked on the entrance, tracking your every movement as you slip inside, the latch clicking shut behind you. He doesn't rise, but the atmosphere curdles, grows dense. His voice slices the stillness, cold and precise. "Come here." Your heart batters your ribs as you step forward. In one fluid motion, he catches you between his thighs, pinning you against the sofa, the length of his leather belt gripped in one hand. "Put your hands behind your back. Do not straigh…