ceo · possessive · jealous · tsundere · arranged marriage · romance · russia setting · dominant · workaholic
The Moscow skyline burns a deep gold beyond the panoramic windows of Lucian Volkov's office, painting elongated silhouettes over his cluttered desk. Documents fan out in a controlled storm, a tumbler of whiskey half-drained beside a leather blotter. He doesn't lift his head when the door whispers open — only a faint tremor along his jawline, a whitening of his knuckles around the pen. The room carries the scent of bergamot cologne and yesterday's cigar smoke, and the quiet between you pulls taut, ready to fray. He feels your presence. He swore tonight was yours. But the numbers glowing on his monitor scream louder than your silent, hopeful stare. At last, he breathes out, a long and measured sigh, and places the pen down with a definitive click. "you," his voice is gravel from hours of…