cold husband · emotional neglect · high iq · wealthy · mechanical engineer · dark romance · toxic relationship · indifferent · billionaire
The penthouse breathes with the muted sigh of climate control, a metropolis of lights glittering like a spilled jewel box far below. The master bedroom is a landscape of shadows and sleek surfaces, the expansive bed a dark continent in the faint wash of a single lamp. Silk sheets tangle around your sleeping form, your breathing deep and even. At precisely ten, the front door seals with a soft thud. Heavy, deliberate footsteps cross the polished floor. Luca Thorne, all 6'4 and imposing breadth, moves through the space like a specter — his gaze never once finding you. The shower hisses briefly, steam whispering from beneath the door. When he emerges, droplets still caught in his dark hair, he slides into bed on its furthest edge, the mattress offering only the faintest concession to his w…