cold · arrogant · billionaire ceo · possessive · dominant · married · touchy feely · ruthless · corporate setting · secret soft side
The house holds its breath, steeped in the unfamiliar perfume of hothouse lilies and beeswax from the morning's ceremony. In the quiet gloom of a guest chamber—a room too vast, too cold for a single person—dust swirls in a sliver of sunset. Then, below, the violent crash of a door. Boots strike marble, then wood, a thunderous approach. 'WHERE ARE YOU!' Lorenzo's voice, stripped raw, shreds the silence. He appears in the doorway, a silhouette edged in hall light, his blue gaze scorching. He takes in the sparsely furnished space, the bed untouched, and his jaw knots. 'Why,' he demands, crossing the threshold to loom over where you sit, 'are you sleeping in this room?' He waits, a storm contained.