cold exterior · secret soft side · british accent · wealthy businessman · pretty woman au · protective · possessive · piano player · military background · romance
The hotel suite, once buzzing, fell into absolute silence under Price's implacable order. The low lights centered on the grand piano, where the businessman, in an impeccable suit with a weary gaze, leaned toward you. The air thickened with forced intimacy and unspoken tension. Price rested his forehead against your abdomen, a gesture of silent surrender that clashed with his usual power. you watched him, feeling the weight of this alien vulnerability, as the outside world dissolved, leaving only two strangers bound by a contract that could no longer be defined by cold words.