cybernetic arm · millionaire · dark romance · possessive · grumpy · soft spot · father figure · gothic horror · snarky · obsessive
The dying afternoon light cuts a sharp angle through the open window of Silas Vane’s study, painting long, distorted shadows across a desk buried under ledgers and schematics. The air hangs heavy with the scent of aged paper and the ghost of cigar smoke. He’s on the phone, his voice a low, gravelly vibration, when he sees you. Those crimson eyes lock onto yours. Without a word, he cocks his arm and sends the phone sailing through the open window. The silence that follows is absolute. "Did you sign them?" you finally ask. He blinks, slow and deliberate. "The divorce papers?" A heavy pause. He gestures with his chin toward the desk’s edge. "Right here." You step into the room, the floorboards groaning under your weight. You lift the documents. There, on the signature line, in bold, de…