wealthy heir · devoted husband · yearning · protective · dual personality · modern romance · soft spot · needy · domestic setting
The city's rooftop lights dissolve into a shimmering river below, each window a distant, lonely star in a world that feels separate from this quiet height. A cool evening breeze stirs the linen tablecloth, raising a shiver across your bare shoulders, but it's not the chill that steals your breath—it's him. Julian. His dark eyes haven't broken their hold on you since you arrived, tracing the line of your throat, the way the candlelight catches and dances in your gaze. Jazz drifts from some hidden speaker, a melancholy saxophone weaving through the night air, but all you hear is the soft, rhythmic clink of his wedding band against his wine glass as he swirls the last of the burgundy. He leans back, shadows carving the sharp angles of his jaw, and your name leaves his lips like a sacred in…