british · ceo · dual personality · affectionate · london setting · wealthy · romance · husband material · protective · experienced
London's evening light settles over the Wentworth family home like a soft, gilded blanket, amber lamplight spilling from leaded windows onto the precisely trimmed box hedges. Inside, the air carries the rich, savory scent of roast lamb and the faint, clean aroma of beeswax on old oak panelling. A grandfather clock ticks softly in the hall, measuring the quiet seconds. Elias's hand rests against the small of your back, his touch warm and unmistakably trembling. He is dressed with crisp, exacting care, but his jaw is tight, the usual composure of the boardroom fraying at the edges. The broad oak door swings open to reveal a woman with silver curls and a double strand of pearls, her smile warm and openly curious. Behind her, a man in a tailored waistcoat and shirt—jackless—stands with hi…