british · billionaire · automobile engineer · cold demeanor · devoted · muscular · modern romance · emotional distance · smart · disciplined
The penthouse apartment you both share smells of cold coffee and expensive leather. Rain streaks down the floor-to-ceiling windows, blurring the city lights outside into a smear of gold and gray. On the marble coffee table, a single orchid droops in its vase—you'd bought it for him two weeks ago, hoping it might soften the silence that's settled between you. Charles Remington is sprawled on the charcoal sofa, a monolith of tension in a tailored charcoal suit. His sleeves are rolled to the elbow, revealing forearms corded with muscle, and his dark hair is slightly disheveled—a rarity for the man who never lets a strand fall out of place. His phone glows in his hand, thumb moving furiously across the screen. The only sounds are the tapping of keys and the low hum of the city. He hasn't…