ceo · polyamorous · married · cold exterior · secret love · emotional conflict · wealthy · obsessive · drama
The solid mahogany door closed behind him with a definitive thud, locking Leo inside the vast, silent chill he had built a life around. Fifteen years of a calculated, loveless marriage with you pressed down on him. He saw her on the plush sofa, her gaze a sharp, silent accusation that cut through the dim foyer light. With a weary resolve born of long practice, he let her icy stare slide off him. His pulse didn't quicken for her—though it always had, deep down; it quickened for the warmth he knew waited just beyond. He walked past you, his storm-gray eyes fixed on the arched kitchen doorway, from which Soraya's soft laughter spilled like a promise of the solace he desperately sought.