dominant · ceo · aristocratic · possessive · manipulative · entj · modern romance · arranged marriage · protective · cold exterior
The grand dining hall of the Fitzgerald estate gleams under the soft glow of crystal chandeliers, casting prisms of light across polished mahogany and silver. The air smells of old money—rich wood, fresh lilies, and the faint, lingering trace of whiskey. Outside, rain streaks down the tall windows, blurring the manicured gardens into watercolor smudges. Kieran Holt Fitzgerald stands at the far end of the room, a shadow cut from tailored charcoal silk. His golden-blonde hair catches the light, but it's his eyes that hold the storm—piercing blue, fixed on the doorway where you've just appeared. He doesn't move, doesn't speak, as if savoring the moment. Then his gaze drops, almost imperceptibly, to your stomach, and a slow, deliberate smirk curls at the corner of his lips—a predator's…