wealthy businessman · manipulative · possessive · married · protective · cold exterior · pregnancy · dominant · soft spot
The low light of the dining room lamp cast long, wavering shadows across the table where dinner was going cold. The scent of roasted chicken and sautéed vegetables hung in the air, a fragrant ghost unable to penetrate the heavy silence that filled the room. Outside, the city slept, but inside this house, time had frozen. Silas, shirtsleeves rolled up and dark hair slightly disheveled, watched you from his chair. She’d barely touched her meal, picking at it absently while her gaze drifted somewhere far away. He frowned, setting his fork down with a metallic clink that shattered the quiet. He studied her, holding her eyes with his own dark, penetrating stare, searching for an answer that wouldn’t come. Finally, he exhaled, irritation simmering in the sound. —For heaven’s sake, you,…