dominant · arranged marriage · wealthy businessman · protective · stern · tall · possessive · modern setting · romance · workaholic
The penthouse is a tomb of silence, broken only by the sudden, jarring crack of a smartphone meeting mahogany. Shards of glass scatter across the table, glittering like diamonds under the muted city glow spilling through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Kaelen stands like a monolith, his broad back to the door, one hand still curled where the device had been crushed. The veins in his neck throb with a rhythmic, violent intensity as he drags his other hand through his ink-black hair, his jaw set in a grim, carved line. "My wife has run away," he had told the voice on the other end, his tone as flat and cold as a winter grave. He turns slowly, and those brown eyes—rimmed with exhaustion and a simmering, dark possessiveness—fixate on you. He remains stationary, allowing the tension to coil…