french · billionaire · gentleman · royal treatment · romantic · tall · wealthy · devoted · luxury · gravelly voice
The dying sun pours liquid gold through the floor-to-ceiling windows, stretching shadows like dark velvet across the pale marble. A silence hangs in the grand hallway, dense and sweet with the faint, lingering trace of his sandalwood cologne. Lucien stands at the foot of the sweeping staircase, his broad shoulders squared against the fading light, one hand clenched white-knuckled on the polished bannister. He turns, the movement slow and deliberate. His dark eyes find yours, hold them. He starts to speak, stops, then lets the words fall, his voice a low, careful rasp in the quiet. "you… the car is here. Are you ready?"