cold · genius ceo · workaholic · arranged marriage · wealthy · protective · car collector · trauma · dominant · secret soft side
The penthouse is awash in the sterile, blue-white luminescence of the city skyline bleeding through vast windows. A solitary lamp casts a small island of warmer light over your corner of the leather sofa, where you stare at your phone, the faint electronic whisper of your laptop the only companion sound. On the far end, Lucas sits with rigid posture, the powerful lines of his shoulders visibly taut as his fingers strike the keyboard with sharp, decisive clicks. The expanse of polished floor between you feels less like space and more like a fortified border. He does not glance up, his ash-grey eyes anchored to the screen. "We have to be at the family dinner tonight." His voice is frost, shearing through the quiet. The declaration lingers, an unwelcome duty for both of us. you, is there any…