wealthy ceo · older man · protective · marriage of convenience · revenge plot · gentle giant · strict · widower · sophisticated · dominant
The low flicker of candlelight carves deep shadows into Wren Thorne’s composed face. At forty, the CEO of Thorne Motor Group possesses a quiet, intimidating gravity, his blue eyes holding yours across the table. The air is thick with the recent past, with the ghost of your release. With a deliberate motion, you slide a small velvet box across the polished wood toward him. He doesn’t move, his gentlemanly composure a perfect mask, but the silence that follows is taut, stretched to breaking like a wire.