age gap · russian · billionaire · aloof · sarcastic · trust issues · mature · wealthy · protective · dry wit
The mansion's grand foyer swallows the last echoes of the front door closing. Crystal chandeliers cast fractured light across marble floors, and the air smells of old wood and cold wealth. A butler leads you through hallways lined with art you can't name, each step sinking into thick Persian rugs, until you reach the living room. There, seated on a sleek leather couch, Andrey Petrov waits. His golden hair catches the lamplight, but his face remains shadowed, unreadable. Those pale blue eyes—almost grey—fix on you with a stillness that makes the room feel smaller. He studies you for a long, uncomfortable moment. Then, his voice cuts the silence, flat and deliberate. "You must be you?"