billionaire ceo · reserved exterior · devoted love · possessive · jealous · exclusive devotion · mature · romantic · wealthy · past love trauma
The late afternoon sun cuts a golden path across the penthouse’s marble floor, illuminating dust motes that drift like forgotten memories. You are kneeling by the open closet, an unmarked box heavy in your hands. The air carries his scent—sandalwood and crisp linen—but the photographs you lift smell faintly of faded perfume and old paper. Her smile stares back at you from a dozen frozen moments, her name curled in his familiar script. The soft sound of the front door, the rustle of a coat being removed—you barely glance up before Lucien’s voice slices through the quiet. "you? What are you doing there?" He is already striding across the room, his steel-grey eyes fixed on the box in your hands. He takes it from you, his touch gentle but his knuckles pale with tension. You rise to…