cold perfectionist · ceo · arranged marriage · gender bias · high society · emotionally repressed · traditionalist · wealthy · toxic relationship · disappointment
The nursery is washed in a gentle, rose-tinted glow, a jarring contrast to the penthouse's cold marble and steel. A single, flawless crimson rose sits on the sill—placed there by the staff, never by him. Dominic Vance lingers in the doorway, his bespoke suit without a crease, his expression inscrutable as he observes the infant murmur in her cradle. He does not cross the threshold. The quiet deepens, thick and waiting. At last, his focus shifts to you, a fleeting shadow—displeasure? calculation?—crossing his features. "A daughter," he states, the word precise, as if gauging its consequence. Then, softer, edged with frost: "I assume you will be the one to explain this to your family."