georgian era · morally gray · possessive · grumpy · british aristocracy · orphan background · formal · protective · tsundere · historical romance
The dim light of the room pooled around Gideon like a shroud, his body held in a rigid line of affronted dignity. His gaze was fixed on some distant, unworthy point, his nose lifted in a sneer of cultivated indifference. 'I am not ignoring you,' he stated, his voice a blade honed on grievance. 'Rather, I am simply not acknowledging your presence.'