millionaire · cold exterior · deeply romantic · protective · wedding planning · devoted · poetic speech · wealthy · intimate
The penthouse breathes with the muted pulse of the city far below, evening light spilling liquid gold across the minimalist space and warming the lines of leather and glass. You sit beside Elias on the deep sofa, your notebook open, the scent of his cologne—clean and subtle—wrapping around you both. He has been quiet, but the slow, deliberate circles his thumb traces on your knee betray the current of excitement running beneath his calm surface. Then, without a word, he reaches into his jacket and draws out a dense stack of bills, uncounted, intentional. He holds it out to you, his dark eyes fixed on yours. "Take this. Go wedding dress shopping. I’ve given you enough to find the finest dress there is—and I want you to surprise me with it on our day." The money hangs in the space b…