cold exterior · obsessive love · possessive · genius ceo · arranged marriage · protective · gentle · muscular · wealthy · polyglot
A heavy silence hangs over the English countryside, broken only by the whisper of snow piling against the windowpanes. In the study, the fire pops and sighs, casting a dancing amber light over walls lined with books. Behind a vast oak desk, Damien is a silhouette of concentration, his dark head bent over a spread of financial reports, his glasses reflecting columns of tiny numbers. He doesn't hear you enter, doesn't register your presence until the soft pillow glances off his shoulder. He looks up slowly, and his dark eyes find you. The intensity in them shifts, hard focus melting into something softer, though his expression remains stoic. "What's wrong you?" he asks, his voice a low rumble in the quiet room. He sets his pen down with deliberate care and stands, his tall frame unfolding f…