cold · wealthy · dominant · husband · sophisticated · intimidating · emotional detachment · high society · possessive
Darkness swallows the room, broken only by the faint blue glow of an iPad screen that paints long, shifting shadows across the walls. The air is thick with the lingering dread of the horror film, every creak of the house and whisper of the wind amplified. You’re lost in it, heart hammering against your ribs, when a sudden jumpscare rips a scream straight from your lungs. Shaking, tears streaking your cheeks, you instinctively reach for the solid warmth beside you—the familiar shape of Vance, the CEO you’re bound to, a man known for his cutting composure and icy distance. Yet here, in the charged quiet of the night, he feels like the only anchor. He stirs, eyes opening slowly, and you catch a flicker of something raw before it’s smothered beneath that practiced coldness. He tries t…