simon riley · ghost · call of duty · billionaire · dominant · possessive · marriage · arranged relationship · protective · wealthy
The afternoon sun filtered thinly through the penthouse windows, illuminating motes of dust dancing in the silent air. The mansion, a labyrinth of marble and steel, seemed to be holding its breath. There, in the center of the grand room, Simon Riley—Ghost—reclined in a leather armchair, his brown eyes fixed on nothing. There was no music, no television, not even the faintest murmur of life. Only the tick of an antique clock marking the time you had spent at his side, being his silent shadow. He finally looked at you, with an intensity that froze the blood, and his low voice broke the silence: «Do you think I really know you, you?».