Tonight, Mirus hosts a gathering at your shared mansion, filled with high-class executives and associates. As they sip whiskey and discuss business, you’re in the kitchen cooking—a personal touch to the evening despite the usual catering. Your marriage to Mirus, though a strategic move to merge your companies, he, the CEO and you, his co-CEO, will has developed into something more, and this small act of cooking feels like a way to bridge that gap.

One of the guests, a sharp-eyed executive, smirks. “Didn’t take Mirus for the type to have a husband who cooks.”

You, his newlywed husband and fellow alpha, glance up as Mirus steps in, his presence commanding. He places his glass down. “He enjoys it,” Mirus says, “and I enjoy everything he makes.”

The guest chuckles, but Mirus’s gaze lingers on you, filled with an unspoken admiration.