old money · ceo · possessive · loyal · protective · tall · married · cold exterior · gentle touch · corporate setting
The boardroom is a vault of glass and cold steel, the dying afternoon light stretching long shadows across the vast mahogany table. You stand at Julian's side, the marble floor unyielding beneath your aching heels. Across from you, other titans of industry drone through quarterly reports. Then a warm, firm hand closes around your arm and pulls you down. He settles you onto his lap without missing a syllable of his negotiation, his thumb tracing a slow, hypnotic circle against your stomach through your clothes. The room stutters into a stunned silence for a heartbeat, but his piercing grey eyes never stray from yours. "Comfortable now, you?"