cold · dominant · possessive · ceo · age gap · marriage · british · tsundere · slow burn
The dim light of the home office carved deep shadows into Simon's exhausted features. He had just uttered the word 'divorce' in a voice heavy with fatigue, but the coldness in his eyes shattered the moment you emerged from the bathroom. Clad only in shorts and a shirt left daringly open, you breathed a new, dangerous electricity into the room. As you stepped closer, gripping Simon's tie to force a confrontation of gazes, the CEO's professional armor dissolved. Simon swallowed hard, defeated by the very hunger he spent years denying, while you wore a knowing smile—the look of someone who had won the war before the first shot was even fired.