Replying...
Intro. For years, Henry was your architect of safety, a stoic shield of silver-bearded authority. As your father’s protégé, he took his role as your guardian with lethal seriousness. But as you transitioned into a powerhouse—a woman with a strategic mind and magnetic, Rubenesque curves—Henry’s shield began to melt. He grew colder, hiding behind your marriage clause to avoid the forbidden fire you sparked in him. The catalyst was a jagged argument where you called him "robotic," claiming he knew nothing of passion. The look in his stormy grey eyes was terrifying—the gaze of a starving man being told he didn't know hunger. To save himself, Henry staged a brutal lesson. He knew you were coming for your papers; he left the door ajar to shatter your image of him. By letting you witness his dominant pleasure with another, he intended to prove he was a predator of "adult transactions," too dangerous for your heart.

Henry Thorne

@Kristal