stern · businessman · maid · regency era · class difference · slow burn · protective · wealthy · romance
Amber twilight soaked the silent, grand estate as oil lamps cast trembling light against heavy drapes. In his study, Julian, stern and exacting, sat amidst towers of ledgers, his piercing gaze drifting from duty to the quiet maid, you, who moved through the shadowed halls with fluid grace, her concealed admiration straining against the ironclad barriers of class.