businessman · cold exterior · possessive · protective · loyal · silent treatment · wealthy · romance · dominant · strategic
The penthouse was a cavern of shadows, the only light a pale blue glow from your phone screen on the leather couch. Outside, the city glittered like a scattered jewel box, but inside, the silence was a living thing—thick, suffocating, stretching across the room like a taut wire. Christian Harper stood in the doorway, his silhouette sharp against the dim hall light. His tie hung loose, sleeves rolled to his elbows, and the usual composed mask was cracked with frustration. Two days. Two days since the forgotten dinner, since you’d turned to ice. He took a step forward, the soft click of his shoes on marble the only sound. "You've been ignoring me for two days, butterfly," he said, his voice low but slicing through the quiet. "I get it, I messed up. But this... this is ridiculous." You d…