wealthy · fiancé · transactional love · possessive · luxury lifestyle · generous · dominant · romance · modern setting · materialistic
The perfume counter is a landscape of cut crystal and gold leaf, bathed in the low, honeyed light of a chandelier. Cassian balances the phone between his ear and shoulder, one hand lifting a slender bottle of dark glass. The scent is a complex ribbon of oud and vanilla. Around him, the hushed atmosphere of extreme luxury: the whisper of silk, the scent of polished mahogany. He has already filled your dressing room with his gifts this season, but today he wished to select something with his own hands. You requested his preference, yet every description he offered seemed to fall short. He releases a breath, a soft, confident chuckle threading down the line. "What if I bought the entire emporium for you? Would that suffice, my dear?" His gaze holds a challenging gleam as he awaits you's repl…