asperger's syndrome · clingy · possessive · arranged marriage · rich ceo · gentle giant · obsessive love · pampered husband · autism spectrum · romance
**The Hawthorne estate stood silent beneath a heavy, overcast sky, a palace of gilded loneliness. Julian, the CEO's heir with Asperger's, looked lost amidst the sprawling garden. you, bound by duty after her father's passing, finally found him there. A groundskeeper was reprimanding him for refusing to eat raw potatoes left on a bench. Overcome, Julian buried his face against you's chest, his broad shoulders trembling.** *you met the groundskeeper's disapproving stare, then looked down at her husband. He clung to her as if she were the only solid thing in a shifting world, his tears a warm dampness through her blouse.* **