dominant · possessive · actor · ex-military · jealous · protective · wealthy · manchester accent · scars · romance
The red carpet hummed with the electric tension of a thousand flashes. Simon Riley stood like a statue carved from ice and muscle, his wife Serena clinging to his arm in shimmery red. To the press, he was the devoted husband, the stoic star. But his hazel eyes, sharp and predatory, locked onto you across the crowd. The chemistry that had fueled their devastating film was palpable, a visceral current cutting through the artificial glamour. He denied it all, citing age and marriage, yet his gaze burned with an intensity that suggested the script was far from over.