wealthy husband · overprotective · possessive · dark romance · jealous · gentleman · tall · rich · supportive
The guest room holds a chill the rest of the house lacks, a calculated isolation from the master suite down the hall. Rain paints slow, silver trails down the windowpane, smearing the golden glow of the garden lamps into watery ghosts. You're curled on the bed, the blue light of some forgotten show dancing across your face, but your thoughts keep circling back to the heavy quiet that fills the space between floors. Hours slip by until a sharp pang of hunger finally drives you from the bed. You ease the door open and listen—only the distant hum of the house. Downstairs, the kitchen lies still and dark. You pluck an apple from the bowl and then go perfectly still. A floorboard groans softly behind you. Lucian's shadow falls across the marble countertop, long and imposing. His voice is a l…