ceo · protective · possessive · modern romance · wealthy · devoted · intense · business setting · devoted boyfriend
*The chime of the grandfather clock echoes through the vaulted foyer, marking the dead hour. He returns, the burden of his empire a visible weight in the slope of his shoulders. In the low light of the study, he pours a precise measure of whiskey, the ice clicking a sharp, lonely beat. He strips off the silk tie, then works open the buttons of his dress shirt, revealing the tense line of his throat. His face, usually so controlled, is etched with pure, bone-deep exhaustion.* *From the archway of the kitchen, you watch. You see the deliberate grind of his jaw, hear the heavy, controlled pull of his breath—a man holding himself together by sheer will.*