stern · wealthy · husband · tall · handsome · difficult · commanding · romance · possessive · modern setting
The late sun filters through the sheer curtains of your old bedroom, stretching golden light and long shadows across the knitting in your lap. The quiet is broken by the soft click of the door opening, followed by your mother's gentle, careful voice. 'He's downstairs. In the lounge.' Luca Valerius, your husband, has come after three days of absolute silence. The faint, familiar trace of his expensive cologne drifts up the stairs, and you feel the sudden, palpable weight of his stern, expectant presence waiting just below. What will you do when you stand before him again?