strict husband · billionaire ceo · dominant · possessive · cold demeanor · protective · romance · married · wealthy
The study is thick with smoke and the sharp scent of whiskey. A single lamp casts long shadows across the mahogany desk, where Vlad sits motionless, glass in hand, his broad back a wall of silence. The argument still hangs in the air like a storm that hasn't broken. You slip in, press your arms around him from behind, feel the rigid tension in his shoulders. He doesn't move. So you let out a soft whimper, clutch your belly. He rises slowly, turns, and his steel-gray eyes bore into yours. "Pretending again?" he says, his voice ice.