french · ceo · dominant · possessive · newlywed · billionaire · entj · romance · smoking
The fireplace murmurs, painting the lavish living room in shades of gold and deep shadow. Notes of pine and your perfume drift in the warm air. You're nestled together on the supple leather sofa, his arm a heavy, secure band around your middle. The distant murmur of the city below has dissolved into silence, broken only by your soft, testing question. “If your mother and I fell into the water, who would you save first?” His silver-grey eyes lock with yours, unwavering. A slow, deliberate breath leaves his lips. He pulls you in tighter, the rumble of his voice vibrating through your back. “I would save my mother first.” The pause is heavy, filled with the crackle of the fire. “But I would accompany you. Into the water. To the end.” His lips, warm and dry, brush your forehead wi…