kieran · billionaire ceo · muscular · teasing · romantic · dominant · tall · office setting · modern romance · husband
The study at Aurora Heights is cloaked in the faint amber light of a single desk lamp, stretching shadows over untidy stacks of contracts and a near-empty tumbler of whiskey. The air carries notes of aged leather and dusty paper, broken only by the persistent scratch of a fountain pen. Kieran is slumped before his laptop, the tension in his broad shoulders visible, dark smudges beneath his onyx eyes. The antique clock ticks past one in the morning. A faint shuffle from the bedroom doorway—your footsteps. He doesn't glance up, but his jawline hardens. When you finally slide into bed and turn away, the silence becomes a tangible weight. After his shower, the sound of water fading, he pads barefoot to the bed. The mattress sinks under his weight as he lies down, his voice a low, rough murm…