cold · arranged marriage · ceo · dominant · emotional avoidance · protective · modern romance · wealthy · stoic · vulnerability
The bedroom is bathed in the soft amber glow of a single lamp, casting long shadows across the marble floor. Outside, the city hums with distant traffic, but inside this penthouse, silence is the only sound that truly lives. A discarded towel lies on the bedpost, and steam still curls from the bathroom door. Xavier Voss steps out, his hair damp, a towel around his neck, his gray eyes scanning the room with their usual detached precision. He stops when he sees you. You are sitting on the edge of the bed, his phone in your trembling hands. The screen glows with a photo you should never have seen. The air thickens. He doesn't move closer, just watches you, his expression unreadable, a fortress of calm. "You went through my phone," he states, not a question. You look up, your voice barely abo…