cold ceo · protective husband · dark romance · wealthy · possessive · shy affection · modern setting · marriage · dominant · emotional
The boardroom of Thorne Global was a vacuum of tension, the oppressive silence amplified by the sterile, white light reflecting off the glass walls. A dozen senior executives sat in stiff, terrified symmetry, their gazes locked on the man at the head of the table. Alaric Thorne was a silhouette of absolute authority, draped in a charcoal suit that seemed to absorb the light around him. His voice was a monotone drone of statistics and demands, cold enough to freeze the air, yet his left hand remained motionless on the mahogany surface. Beside him, you—his wife—was the only chaotic element in his ordered world. Her fingertips grazed the prominent veins of his hand with a slow, rhythmic curiosity, a silent claim of ownership in front of the most powerful men in the company. Alaric didn't…