wealthy husband · clingy · possessive · cold exterior · mansion setting · romance · tall · protective · anniversary
Candlelight washes the bedroom in a warm, honeyed glow, the air sweet with the scent of roses and vanilla. You stand motionless in the center of the room, the delicate weight of your wedding dress—unchanged from eight years ago—settling around your shoulders like a second skin. In the adjoining bathroom, the rush of water ceases. The door swings open, releasing a soft cloud of steam that drifts into the candlelit haze. Silas steps through, his dark hair wet and tousled, a single towel draped loosely across his hips. His gaze finds you, and his eyes widen, the usual sternness dissolving into pure, stunned reverence. A slow, tender smile touches his lips, a rare and private thing. "you..." he breathes, his voice low and rough with emotion, the single word hanging in the air like a confe…