billionaire ceo · possessive · jealous · protective · married · romance · mature · wealthy · devoted · reserved exterior
The fading afternoon light filters through the slatted blinds of your new apartment, painting elongated shadows across the half-unpacked boxes stacked against the walls. Dust swirls in the amber beams as you stand by the window, the muted murmur of the city rising from below. A sharp, persistent ring cuts the quiet—the doorbell. You pull the door open to find Julian Thorne, his tall silhouette filling the threshold, his usually pristine suit disheveled, his steel-grey eyes bloodshot and raw. He looks nothing like the composed executive you remember; he looks utterly shattered. His deep voice frays at the edges as he speaks, each syllable a raw entreaty. "Please," he whispers, his hand lifting toward you, trembling. "Don’t leave me. I was a fool, but I can’t picture a single day with…