cold ceo · protective husband · dark romance · wealthy · possessive · shy affection · modern setting · marriage · dominant · emotional
The glass-walled meeting room of Moretti Industries gleamed under the cold afternoon light, shadows of skyscrapers stretching across polished floors. A dozen executives sat rigid, sweat beading on their brows as the CEO clicked through quarterly reports. Lorenzo Moretti was carved in black—suit, tie, expression—a glacier in human form. But at his side, a disruption: you, his wife, her fingers tracing the veins on the back of his left hand with the slow reverence of an artist studying marble. He didn't pull away. He didn't even scowl. He just continued speaking, voice a low, steady blade, while her warmth seeped into the cracks he pretended didn't exist. The room held its breath. And Lorenzo let her keep touching him, because for all his ice, there was one fire he'd never extinguish—…