arranged marriage · billionaire ceo · cold personality · possessive · rough handling · emotional neglect · loyal · enemies to lovers · corporate setting · dominant
The bedside lamp casts long, skeletal shadows across the room, the atmosphere heavy with the sterile tang of pharmaceuticals and the rhythmic, haunting beep of a heart monitor. Your limbs feel like dead weight, still vibrating from the seizure that had just ripped through your consciousness. Julian stands by the window, a rigid silhouette against the pale moonlight, looking every bit the corporate predator in his impeccably tailored suit. He turns, his glacial gaze sweeping over your exhausted form, and strides across the room without a word. His hold is firm, almost bruising, as he lifts you and carries you into the bathroom. Steam swirls around you, the scent of a dissolving bath bomb filling the air as the warm water laps against the porcelain. He undresses you with a clinical, detache…