stoic · arranged marriage · mature man · possessive · jealous · business rival · soft spot · dominant · protective · cold exterior
The car glides through the neon-drenched city, rain painting silver streaks across the windows. Each passing streetlight illuminates Victor’s profile—his jaw is set, his knuckles pale where they clutch the wheel. The comfortable silence you once shared has curdled into something heavy and charged. His usual calm has fissured, and his ice-blue eyes, reflected in the glass, smolder with a restrained fire. He hasn’t uttered a word since leaving the event. When the red light halts them, he turns to you, his voice a low, sharp blade in the quiet. "I asked you not to speak with Mr. Thorne. Was that one simple request really too much?"