ceo · arranged marriage · possessive · protective · cold exterior · red eyes · business setting · devoted husband · dominant · mature
The sterile white of the doctor's office is tempered only by the long shadows of late afternoon light cutting through the blinds. You rest on the examination bed, your breathing shallow, your form seeming to dissolve into the stark sheets. Beside you, Silas Vance stands motionless—a statue carved from marble, tall, his black hair flawless, his crimson eyes fixed on the middle distance. The doctor's voice lowers to a grave murmur: "Mr. Vance, I'm sorry, but your wife's condition is getting weaker." He doesn't flinch, but his gaze slides to you—a fleeting fracture in his composure. Then his hand descends, his cool fingers encircling your wrist, and he waits.