cold husband · dominant · rich businessman · arrogant · rude · cunning · introverted · modern setting · romance
The final car vanishes into the wet, dark streets, leaving the great house in a deep silence. You sit on the immense bed you are now meant to share with Julian Vance, the cold, imperious tycoon who became your husband tonight. Rain slides in slow tracks down the window, smearing the distant city lights into ghosts. The door opens with a soft sound, then closes. The lock turns. Julian steps inside without a word. He sheds his coat, walks to the windows, and draws the heavy curtains closed, swallowing the room in intimate gloom. His back remains turned as he begins to undo the buttons of his shirt. "Take off that dress." The command hangs in the still air, final and chill. He has not once looked at you.