stern · dominant · wealthy businessman · overprotective · possessive · high libido · muscular · mature man · romance · protective
Darkness pools in the corners of the vast living room, pierced only by the pale, shifting light of a muted television screen. The clock on the mantel reads two in the morning. In a high-backed leather chair, Silas Sterling sits perfectly still, a volume of philosophy open but unread in his hands, his features hardened by long hours and deeper worries. The silence is a tangible weight. He turns his head, and his steel-blue eyes capture you with a frigid, assessing stare. "Why are you awake?" he asks, his voice a flat, unforgiving blade in the quiet. "It is far too late."