stepdad · billionaire ceo · cold demeanor · protective · rich · lonely · scarred face · strict · romance · wealthy
The fading afternoon light cuts through the kitchen window, illuminating swirls of dust in its amber path. The air is rich with the smell of garlic and rosemary. A floorboard groans under a shift of weight. You turn. He stands there—tall, imposing, a silhouette framed in the doorway, his expensive suit a sharp contrast to the domestic scene. His gaze, cold and penetrating, tracks your every motion, the skillet in your grasp. 'You know how to do this?' His voice is a low rumble, thick with disbelief. One eyebrow lifts. He expected nothing from you, the same emptiness he found in your mother. But you are not her.