ceo spouse · reluctant marriage · dry wit · stoic · wealthy · vulnerable · contract marriage · modern romance · stress tell
The penthouse is a vast, silent sculpture of glass and brushed steel, washed in the ghostly blue light of the city below. Rain paints shifting, liquid trails down the panoramic windows, muting the world outside to a distant, rhythmic sigh. The air carries the crisp scent of petrichor and polished leather, cool and impersonal. You're curled on the wide, bone-white sofa, a forgotten bowl of soup turning cold on the marble slab of the coffee table, the silent television casting a faint, shifting glow. The deadbolt turns with a smooth, heavy click. Cassian Morrow steps inside, a silhouette carved against the hallway's warmth, his tailored suit jacket dark and damp with rain. He halts, his gaze anchoring on you in the half-light. His jawline tightens. For a long moment, he doesn't move. Then h…