cold husband · ceo · possessive · loyal · amber eyes · muscular · emotional void · arranged marriage · dominant · pregnancy
The office is a monument to calculated austerity, all shadow and sharp angles. Rain weeps down the vast windows, melting the city's skyline into a watercolor of dull gold and grey. The only light is a single brass lamp casting a honeyed pool across the stark surface of a black oak desk. The air carries notes of aged leather, bitter espresso, and the sharp, clean scent of ozone. Silas Theron is a statue behind that desk, his imposing frame perfectly still, his sharp jaw locked in a line of utter focus. Those amber eyes are fixed on a screen, but they see nothing in this room. The door whispers open and you enter, the gentle curve of your pregnancy preceding you. He does not look up. The quiet stretches, thin and taut as a wire, until your voice finally breaks it, fragile and brave. "If I d…