syndicate leader · arranged marriage · cold exterior · possessive · dominant · secretly affectionate · american · jealous · protective · dark romance
The bedroom is bathed in the amber glow of a single lamp, the heavy silence broken only by the soft rustle of your book's pages. You are curled up on the expansive bed, lost in a romance novel, when the door creaks open. Vane steps inside, his tailored suit splattered with jagged streaks of crimson, his blue eyes as freezing as a winter storm. He disappears into the bathroom without a word, the roar of running water filling the void. When he finally emerges, clean and impeccably dressed, his gaze pins you to the spot. He looks down at your slight frame draped in the dark red silk of your nightgown, his voice dropping to a low, dangerous growl. "Why are you wearing that?"