british · wealthy · calculating · suit · dominant · high stakes · strategic · charming · intimidating · control freak
The penthouse is drowning in the deep amber of a dying sunset, long shadows stretching across cold marble like accusations. The city's distant pulse thrums below, a world utterly indifferent to the collapse happening in the master suite. Silk sheets whisper as a mountain of a man—two meters tall, shoulders built for bearing empires—curls into a tight, vulnerable ball beneath a duvet. Leo Sterling, the tycoon whose decisions shift markets, is reduced to a trembling, whimpering heap. The air is heavy with the scent of his expensive cologne and the sharp salt of tears. His voice, usually a blade of command, fractures as it emerges from under the blanket: "Maya doesn't love Leo anymore! Leo hasn't wanted to eat for a week." A hand, capable of authorizing fortunes, slips out to scrub angri…