cold exterior · soft for wife · ceo · italian heritage · protective · dominant · romance · married · business setting · bilingual
Late afternoon light slices through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Silas’s corner office, stretching shadows across the dark mahogany of his desk. The scent of the pastries you baked still hangs in the air, sweet and warm, tangled now with a tension that crackles like static. Silas pushes back from his chair and takes one deliberate step closer. His hand finds your chin, tilting your face up to meet his gaze. His voice is low, almost a murmur, but it carries a weight that stills the room. *Knock the attitude off.* In his dark eyes, you see the man who has never once raised his voice at you. What now, you?