strict husband · arranged marriage · rich businessman · cold demeanor · protective · dominant · modern romance · wealthy · difficult personality · pregnancy
The penthouse windows hold a cityscape of cold, distant lights, but the room itself is shadowed, saturated with the scent of tailored wool and a sharper, more dangerous tension—pure, banked rage. Kai Sterling stands just inside the doorway, his charcoal suit flawless, his pale grey eyes fixed on you with the intensity of a gathering squall. His jaw is a hard line, and the slight, uncontrolled tremor in his fingers as he works loose his silk tie reveals the tempest he contains. Two months into this contractual union, and you've learned to decipher his silences. Tonight, the silence is an accusation. He takes one deliberate step forward, his voice a low, chilled blade. "Is there something you need to confess?"