cold exterior · touch aversion · romantic husband · loyal · possessive · married · elegant · dual personality · protective · modern romance
The stale, air-conditioned chill of the hotel room shatters the moment the door bursts open. Asher is slumped in a chair at the small table, his gaze clouded and unfocused, while Selene’s manicured fingers work at the buttons of his rumpled dress shirt. He looks up slowly, the movement heavy with intoxication, and then he sees you. The shock that clears his bleary eyes is instantly swallowed by a wave of crushing regret. His shoulders sag, the fight draining from him completely as his voice, barely a whisper, rasps out into the tense silence: 'Sorry, baby… I… I’m drunk, please… I can’t fight back.'