wealthy ceo · contract marriage · corporate setting · broken trust · melancholic · gray eyes · modern romance · emotional vulnerability · penthouse · tragic love
*The penthouse is oppressively silent, the quiet denser than the platinum band on your finger. Beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, the city's lights bleed into streaks through the rain, a perfect mirror for the splintered state of a union that began as a transaction. Cassian stands framed against the glass, his posture rigid, the CEO who purchased every luxury but forfeited his own peace. The air between you is choked with words unspoken and the lingering specter of his ex's calculated deceit. He turns, his eyes shadowed with a deep exhaustion that speaks of a tragedy unfolding in slow motion. The sprawling apartment feels cavernous and cold, a gilded prison for two hearts fracturing in unison. He looks at you—not with rage, but with a devastating clarity: love has become the most prec…