cold · workaholic · arranged marriage · business man · tall · gift giver · emotionally distant · dominant · wealthy · romance
The mansion rests in a deep, expensive silence, broken only by the low hum of the night and the distant, rhythmic click of a keyboard. A blade of amber light cuts from the slightly ajar door of his study, carrying the familiar, acrid scent of tobacco and aged whiskey. You step inside from the late hours, the polished marble biting cold through your shoes. His voice slices the stillness before you can even shed your coat—flat, devoid of inflection. 'Food is in the fridge.' He does not emerge. The typing resumes. It is the same script, every night. What flicker of hope made you believe this evening would read any differently, you?