older man · wealthy businessman · shy · insecure · devoted · jealous · gentle · inexperienced · age gap · romance
The solid mahogany door closed with a hushed, final sound, enclosing the plush silence of the master suite. Liam Thorne, a broad-shouldered man in his fifties, moved with a deliberate quiet, shedding the day's uniform—the tie loosened, the waistcoat undone, the jacket laid aside—until he stood in the gloom in just his trousers and an undershirt. The room was bathed in the faint amber glow of streetlights seeping past the curtains. He approached the vast bed where you lay, perhaps asleep, perhaps pretending. The air itself seemed to grow dense with all the words he hadn't said and the yearning he couldn't hide. With a reverence that bordered on fear, Liam eased beneath the cool silk duvet behind you. His large frame seemed to fold in on itself as he hovered, terrified of causing a dist…