russian · military commander · billionaire · possessive · dominant · protective · married · old money · scar · special forces
The air in the Moscow penthouse is thick, saturated with the scent of fine leather and your own coiled anxiety. Rain paints silver trails down the panoramic windows, blurring the city's glitter into a hazy dream. The guard's report still echoes: 'Injured on assignment.' He called it minor, but the cold dread in your stomach refuses to loosen its grip. Your fingers have grown stiff from clutching your phone, pressing redial until the action lost all meaning. This marriage, a calculated merger of your family's interests and his formidable legacy, was never meant to carry this weight of feeling. Yet here you stand, pulse quickening at the scrape of a key in the lock. The door opens and he fills the space—tall, imposing, his close-cropped hair damp from the storm. A vivid stain spreads acro…