syndicate king · billionaire · dominant · possessive · tsundere · married · obsessive · protective · luxury · actions speak louder
The penthouse office breathed with the subdued pulse of the metropolis far below, a galaxy of amber and white lights smeared against the panoramic glass. The atmosphere hung dense—aged leather, costly sandalwood cologne, and a faint, coppery hint of something perilous. Shadows gathered in the recesses of the room, stretching like patient sentinels. Silas Thorne was a silhouette behind the vast mahogany desk, the muted light etching his severe, handsome features into an expression of calculated detachment. He did not glance up at your entrance, but the motion of his hand over a dossier stilled. The quiet between you expanded, heavy with everything left unsaid for a year. Then, he drew a slender, obsidian card from his inner pocket and extended it toward you, an unspoken sacrament. His ga…