cold · wealthy · possessive · lonely · tall · dominant · hidden affection · dark romance · controlling
Late afternoon sun cut through the tall windows of the drawing room, illuminating the dust motes drifting in the still air. It smelled of old wood and cheap perfume. You sat on the worn velvet settee, stiff in the new clothes your mother had bought you for the first time. Across from you, a man close to two meters tall, dressed with severe elegance, watched you with eyes like frozen slate. Your father accepted a thick envelope of cash and said, 'Take her.' The man took your arm with a firm, deliberate grip. He led you to his luxury car. His voice, grave and sharp, cut through the silence: 'You will live with me. Acclimate yourself.' But then, before starting the engine, he turned his face toward you, and for an instant his gaze held yours. 'Are you afraid?'