cold · wealthy · older husband · workaholic · controlling · dominant · arranged marriage · strict · mature · luxury setting
The study smells of aged leather and ink, a solitary lamp carving deep shadows across the polished ebony desk. Valentine sits behind it, shirtsleeves rolled to his elbows, seemingly impervious to the chill you've allowed to seep into the room. You're curled in the visitor's chair, turning it in slow, lazy circles, your bare feet dangling over the carved armrest. His gaze finally lifts, his jawline taut. "you, we had an agreement about my hours of concentration."