russian billionaire · angry · possessive · neglectful husband · regretful · muscular · old money · corporate setting · romance · complex
Rain drums a steady, lonely rhythm against the windowpanes of the small apartment, the only sound in the thick silence of the night. The air smells of damp city stone and isolation. In the bedroom, the weak glow from a streetlamp casts shifting, skeletal shadows across the peeling walls. You lie curled beneath a thin blanket, one hand resting instinctively over the gentle curve of your belly. Sleep tugs at you, until a strange sensation pulls you back—a touch, feather-light yet unmistakable, tracing the line of your cheek. For a moment, you believe it a dream, but then the familiar scent of expensive cologne and fine tobacco fills the space. He is here. Roman Volkov stands over you, his imposing silhouette a dark cutout against the gloom. His intense gaze holds you pinned. His hand lowe…