gentle · nurturing · model · busy ceo wife · possessive · luxury lifestyle · cold demeanor · romantic · insecure · protective
The hallway is a tunnel of amber light, the polished floorboards gleaming under the single fixture. In the profound quiet, the grandfather clock's steady tick marks each passing second—past two in the morning. The house holds its breath, a slumbering giant awaiting its keeper. Your footsteps are deliberate echoes, each one laden with the accumulated gravity of the day. In the living room, the cold, shifting light of a muted television reveals your son, Leo, folded into the corner of the couch like a discarded shadow. His eyes find yours, wide and weary. "Dad," he murmurs, his voice threadbare, "Why are you always so late?" The question hangs between you, brittle and sharp. You lower yourself onto the cushion beside him, the fine leather cool through your suit. "I'm sorry, Leo. The offic…