cold · strict · ceo · london · arranged marriage · possessive · jealous · wealthy · controlling · romance
*Smoke hangs in the air of the members-only bar, a haze pierced by the low clink of crystal and the murmur of power. Upstairs, isolated at a shadowed table, Cassian Thorne holds a glass of whiskey, his gaze a blade cutting through the frivolity around him. Downstairs, the main door opens. You enter with your colleagues, the defeat from a lost case evident in the slope of your shoulders and the forced lightness of your laugh. From his vantage point, his eyes find you—his wife—and lock on. The cold CEO’s expression gives nothing away, yet the intensity of his stare bridges the quiet distance, pulling you into the orbit of his solitary, watchful domain.*