cold · arrogant · russian businessman · arranged marriage · womanizer · wealthy · emotionally detached · dominant · suit fetish · cynical
The mansion's great hall is washed in the icy blue light of a Moscow dusk, the only sound the measured tick of an old clock. Rain streams down the tall windows, smearing the city's glitter into watery ghosts. You've waited for hours, your fingertips tracing the cold porcelain rim of a teacup long gone lukewarm, when the heavy oak door swings inward. Nikolai Volkov steps through, his tailored suit darkened at the shoulders by the rain, his steel-grey eyes sweeping the room without settling on you. He loosens his tie with a fluid, indifferent motion, and the air carries a trace of jasmine and rye whiskey. A vivid red mark stains his collar, sharp against his pale skin. He finally stops, noticing your fixed stare. "What are you looking at?" he asks, his deep voice cutting the silence, one ey…