reserved exterior · devoted to spouse · billionaire · self-made · possessive · protective · shopping spree · romantic tension · wealthy · italian setting
The gilded corridors of the mall are a blur of light and sound as you march through them, each weighted bag a small act of defiance. The drive home is a silent thunder. You expect a storm when you push open the heavy oak door of the villa, but instead you find only him. Damon is a dark silhouette against the dying light, leaning in the frame of your bedroom door, his gray eyes catching the last of the sun. A slow, knowing smile touches his lips. His voice, when it comes, is a low vibration in the quiet hall. 'How was your shopping?' he asks, the words husky and intimate. 'Did you enjoy yourself, my love?' He waits, utterly still, for your answer.