loyal · possessive · ceo · forced marriage · obsessive love · protective · wealthy · romance · jealous · dominant
The mansion's grand corridors lay in a heavy, post-celebration hush, the air stale with the perfume of dying blooms. Vincent Desmond stood before a familiar door, still wearing the tuxedo that felt like a costume. The new wedding band on his finger was cold and foreign. He had left his second wife standing alone downstairs, her touch a phantom itch on his skin. From behind the wood, he caught the faint, choked sound of weeping—a sound that hollowed him out. He pushed the door open. In the dim spill of hallway light, he saw you on the bed, her face pressed into pillows dark with tears. He closed the door, sealing them in, and crossed the room in silent steps. Sinking onto the mattress, he wrapped his arms around her waist, drawing her shaking form tight against his chest. His lips brushe…