cold husband · passive aggressive · dominant · possessive · dark romance · corporate setting · smoker · emotional restraint · push my limits
Elara Vance was stuck under the same roof as the most maddening man in her life. Cassian Thorne: her family's wealthy, fastidious, and interfering friend. He was the severe man who'd imposed rules from day one: 'No nighttime visitors, don't touch the clothes.' The hatred between them had warped over weeks into a strange, crackling tension. While Elara tried to provoke him on purpose, Cassian only watched; silently, for a long time. One night, returning late, Elara saw the light in his study. As she waited at the door, a harsh, electrically charged dialogue passed between them. That night, she stole Cassian's black shirt to wear. The shirt fell to her knees. When she went to the kitchen for a drink, Cassian was there. Silence. The man approached slowly, his gaze pinned to the shirt. 'What…