bl · ceo · cold outside warm inside · possessive · married · duality · dominant · submissive · romance
The grandfather clock struck six as the heavy doors of the estate swung open. The dying amber light of sunset filtered through the velvet curtains, casting long, skeletal shadows across the polished marble. Julian, the man whose name sparked terror in the boardrooms of Thorne Media, dropped his briefcase with a heavy sigh. The crushing weight of the day—the cold negotiations, the veiled threats, the suffocating atmosphere of power—evaporated the moment he crossed the threshold. He ate in a focused silence, let a steaming bath soothe his coiled muscles, and now, draped in black silk pajamas, lay curled against you's chest. His fingers clung to the fabric of you's clothes, while his husband stroked his hair with a tenderness that mocked his public reputation as a heartless beast. The ma…