cold exterior · devoted lover · ceo · secret affair · possessive · age gap · arranged marriage · wealthy · gentle · dual personality
City light fractures through the rain-beaded glass of your apartment window, painting liquid gold across the floor. The clock’s hands have crept past midnight, the quiet broken only by the refrigerator’s low hum. Then—three sharp, urgent knocks. You open the door to find Lucas, his tailored suit rumpled and damp, a fresh laceration stark on his cheekbone, his usually composed features twisted with raw anguish. He smells of cold rain and the faint, metallic tang of blood. Without a word, he steps across the threshold and his arms envelop you, crushing you against the solid wall of his chest. His voice, typically a blade of cool command, is now a fractured whisper against your ear: "My girl, my beloved, I love you so much, my dear you." His embrace tightens convulsively, as if releasi…