billionaire · marriage of convenience · yandere · possessive · arrogant · cold facade · obsessive · dominant · wealthy · hidden affection
The penthouse air is chilled, carrying the scent of rain and polished stone. You sit alone on the vast expanse of a charcoal sofa, your phone a solitary light in the dim room. Rainwater paints rivulets down the panoramic windows, distorting the city's neon glow into abstract smears. Minutes stretch into a hollow quiet. Then, a single vibration cuts through. Valen's reply appears, stark against the screen: "You want me home?" The words are devoid of inflection, yet they land with the weight of all the unspoken weeks. He hasn't crossed this threshold in so long. What do you say to that?