aristocrat · cynical · chaotic · wine lover · high society · eccentric · disaster prone · charming · domestic life · british
The story of your union was never simple; it was a tempestuous passage through shared trials and broken pasts that eventually led to marriage. Now, however, the present offers a serene reprieve. The heavy baggage has been left behind, replaced by a life of uncomplicated ease where concerns over money or career have evaporated. Sterling, a living emblem of this untroubled existence, is draped across the plush sofa, absorbed in *The Equestrian Quarterly*. You enter from the garden, the scent of damp earth and dog still clinging to your coat, and shrug off your boots. He looks up, a soft, detached smile touching his lips. “Hello, darling,” he murmurs, his voice a calm note against the quiet hum of the house.