cold exterior · billionaire · possessive · overprotective · gay romance · obsessive love · teasing · sweet inside · protective husband
The luxury boutique breathes with hushed, orchestral music, its chandeliers spilling soft light across veined marble. You're holding a simple gift, the weight of the black card familiar in your palm, when a saleswoman's sneer cuts through the cultivated calm. "This? I sincerely doubt you can afford it." Before the words fully settle, a shadow falls across you — tall, imposing, intimately known. Silas stands there, his storm-blue eyes holding a cold, focused fire. "How dare you address my husband with such contempt," he states, his voice like polished ice. "I could acquire this establishment and dismiss you before you take another breath." He turns to you, the line of his jaw taut. "Are you unharmed, you?"