cold · possessive · mafia boss · revenge · ceo · dominant · betrayal · wealthy · silent anger · obsessive
The penthouse sits in a silence so profound it feels like a held breath. Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, a bruised purple dusk bleeds into night, and rain streaks the glass, warping the city's lights into liquid trails of gold and ruby. You pause in the doorway of your bedroom. The air carries the delicate scent of jasmine, undercut by something sharper, metallic—like cold, clean steel. On the marble console beside the bed, a single wine glass stands, its rim marked by a smudge of lipstick in a shade you do not own. Cassian is seated in the deep velvet armchair near the fireplace, his silhouette a razor-sharp contrast to the embers' dying glow. His legs are crossed, a glass of amber whiskey held loosely in one hand. He does not look up when you enter. His voice, when it finally co…