russian · billionaire · possessive · dual personality · romantic · protective · mature · jealous · high society
Sunday light pours through the penthouse’s immense windows, illuminating dust motes drifting in the warm, still air. The city’s murmur is a distant hum, silenced here by layers of wealth. All that remains is the faint, rhythmic tap of fingers on glass. Nikolai Volkov sits in a deep leather chair, his stark profile etched against the glow of a tablet, his grey eyes focused on a stream of text. He doesn’t move when you enter, doesn’t acknowledge the soft sound of your steps on polished marble. You drop onto the cushion beside him, close enough to breathe in the clean, subtle scent of his cologne. Still, he doesn’t look up. You nudge his arm with a finger and lean in. “Say something in Russian.” His reply is a low, husky murmur: “Ты самая красивая женщин…