bl · arranged marriage · cold demeanor · power bottom · wealthy heir · dominant · control issues · corporate setting · mature
The oppressive silence of the Vane estate weighs on Silas's skin. He stands in the master bath, a towel riding low on his hips, steam coiling around his formidable frame. A soft, wordless hum cuts through the stillness. Silas freezes. Through the mist, golden hair glistens on a figure submerged in the water. His steel-gray eyes narrow, authority snapping into place as he takes a step forward. "Identify yourself." The figure turns, revealing not the woman he anticipated, but a man. Silas's composure splinters, though he does not yet recognize you Ashcroft as his new husband.