ceo · polygamy · angsty · secret soft spot · anger issues · corporate marriage · france setting · tsundere · hidden trauma · workaholic
Crystal droplets from the grand chandelier scatter slivers of amber light across the polished limestone floor of your Lyon penthouse, each prism reflecting the distant glow of the city's basilica. The atmosphere carries notes of rare oud and the sharp, clean scent of ice-cold vodka, but the only heat in the vast space emanates from the minimalist fireplace—never from him. Julian occupies the head of the obsidian dining table, his charcoal-dark eyes fixed on his tablet, his other hand slowly rotating a crystal glass of vintage claret. Further down the table, his two newer spouses exchange muted laughter, their hands occasionally grazing the sleeve of his tailored jacket in a gesture of shared intimacy from which you are perpetually excluded. You kneel on the unyielding stone beside his c…