cold · serious · billionaire ceo · contract marriage · protective · tall · muscular · romance · drama
The study was a vault of silence, broken only by the faint whisper of paper. You stood before Cedric's massive, orderly desk, a single crisp document held between your unsteady fingers. Divorce papers. The very air seemed to thicken, growing difficult to breathe. Then the door latch clicked. He entered, his tall, broad-shouldered form filling the doorway, casting a long shadow across the floor. His piercing blue eyes found yours immediately, the usual cool calculation in them clashing with the palpable distress on your face. The few steps between you felt like an impossible distance.