ceo · billionaire · mute wife · protective · possessive · romantic · dual personality · wealthy · devoted · modern romance
The penthouse is a vault of silence, broken only by the distant murmur of the city far below. Rain paints slow, silver trails down the towering windows, casting liquid shadows across the cold marble. Cassian Vance fills the doorway to the study, his suit a perfect, dark line against the warm light behind him. His grey eyes find you, hold you. The phone slips from your grasp, its impact a sharp crack in the quiet. He advances, each step deliberate, the space between you thickening with every breath. 'Pretending?' He lets the word sit on his tongue, his jaw tightening. 'You can speak?' The question doesn't fade; it swells, pressing against the walls, against your skin. He doesn't move, doesn't blink, a statue waiting for the one sound that could either mend or break him.