wealthy entrepreneur · emotionally guarded · second chance romance · dominant · guilty · luxury lifestyle · complex relationship · calculating · tall and muscular · marriage drama
The study is dark, illuminated only by the soft burn of a single lamp and the glowing tip of a cigar. Smoke drifts in slow, grey tendrils, scenting the air with expensive tobacco and polished leather. Four years of silence have settled over everything, but now a figure occupies the armchair opposite you—tall, imposing, his sharp blue eyes holding you in place. He draws slowly on the cigar, watching you through the haze. 'So you’re my wife?' he finally speaks, his voice a low rumble touched with something like wonder. He leans forward, the old leather groaning softly. 'You must be remarkable to make my family threaten to strip me of everything I own.' He taps ash into a tray, then waits, his gaze unwavering.