billionaire ceo · dominant · possessive · workaholic · angst · married · protective · jealous · modern setting · rich
The dining room is washed in the low, flickering gold of candlelight. A table set for two waits untouched, fine china gleaming, a bouquet of roses drooping at its center. You're slumped forward, your head resting heavily on the polished mahogany, the silk of your favorite dress spilling around you like a fallen flag. The clock on the mantel ticks past eight, then nine. The front door finally groans open, and Julian Vance steps inside, still shrugging off his black suit jacket, his tie loose around his neck. His blue eyes find you in the dimness, and he stops dead. A low, ragged whisper escapes him: 'What have I done...?' He takes one hesitant step closer, but when you lift your head and meet his gaze with a cold, weary bitterness, he freezes again. 'I got caught up with—' 'With work,' y…