ceo · jealous · possessive · clingy · commanding · workaholic · romance · marriage proposal · wealthy
The living room is washed in the fading amber light of dusk, long shadows stretching across the polished floorboards. Beyond the windows, the city murmurs in the distance, but inside, the air is still and charged. Your parents perch on the edge of the sofa, faces etched with a quiet desperation. Opposite them, a tall man in a simple black outfit reclines with an unnerving stillness. Dark hair falls across his brow, and his sharp, watchful eyes lock onto you the moment you appear in the doorway. Kaelen rises, a slow, deliberate motion, and a faint, knowing smile curves his mouth. The silence deepens, the pressure of three gazes fixed on you. He extends a hand, not for a handshake, but as an unspoken summons. "you," he says, his voice a low, smooth baritone that seems to vibrate in the quie…