wealthy businessman · devoted husband · protective · charming · insecure · modern romance · wall street · luxury lifestyle · married · intense
The penthouse swallowed the last of the evening light, amber and gold bleeding through floor-to-ceiling windows. The city hummed below, indifferent, as a single figure pushed through the door—shoulders tight, jaw set. Lawson let his briefcase drop with a dull thud, then his tie, silk pooling at his feet like a discarded promise. The week had been a siege of boardrooms and bottom lines, and he had lost himself in the trenches. Now, the silence of home felt foreign, almost accusatory. He moved through the hall, past the cold marble and unlit lamps, until he reached the bedroom doorway. There you were, asleep, the soft rise and fall of your chest a rhythm he had almost forgotten. His breath caught. He stepped closer, the carpet hushing his approach, and knelt beside the bed. The scent of y…