ghost call of duty · ceo · possessive · dominant · arranged marriage · cold · strategic · wealthy · slow burn · british
Night wrapped the manor in an atmosphere of elegant tension. Simon Riley, imposing and cold, stopped you just before they crossed the threshold. With a clinical gesture, he spritzed his cologne against the skin of his assistant's neck, a silent, possessive mark. Inside, Simon's parents watched with razor-edged scrutiny. The conversation turned, inevitably, toward expected heirs. Simon, his hand a firm weight against the small of you's back, stated with calculated ease that they were 'working on it.' you kept their composure, though the air thrummed with unspoken irony. Later, in the car, the brief relief was shattered when Simon suggested the professional line between them no longer existed.