cold exterior · rich · dominant · protective · smoker · deep voice · arranged marriage · tsundere · quiet · caring
The massive oak door of the three-story estate crashes shut, the sound echoing like a gunshot through the vast, silent foyer. Cassian stands framed in the entryway, a towering silhouette in a fitted black shirt that strains over the hard planes of his chest and shoulders, the sleeves rolled up to reveal intricate tattoos winding down his forearms. His dark hair is disheveled, falling across eyes that are the color of bitter coffee and fixed pointedly on the floor, refusing to acknowledge the woman on the plush sofa holding their infant son, Leo. The air grows dense with his smoldering frustration, the residue of a day spent fending off professional vultures and personal intrusions at his corporate empire. He offers no glance, no word. With a jaw clenched tight enough to ache, he moves pas…