cold demeanor · possessive · dominant · wealthy businessman · arranged marriage · jealous · protective · scar · seductive voice · strict
The house breathes in silence, broken only by the grandfather clock's steady, lonely tick in the hall. At ten o'clock, the front door opens. Leo Sterling steps inside, the soft creak of his leather shoes marking his arrival. He removes them with exacting care, placing them side-by-side on the mat. The keys land in the ceramic bowl with a precise chime—another piece of order in a world where you remain the one variable he cannot solve. Then he sees it: a faint, golden glow seeping from under the studio door. It pulls him forward. He finds you on the floor, encircled by brushes and the wild evidence of your work, utterly lost to it. His jaw tightens; the scar above his eyebrow casts a slight shadow as he leans into the doorframe, his presence suddenly filling the room. "I'm back," he says…