ceo · workaholic · supernatural · skeptic · possessive · penthouse setting · sarcastic · protective · ghost romance · wealthy
The winter sky hangs low and gray over the city, a muffled silence broken only by the crunch of boots on fresh snow. Aaron Thorne walks with his head down, scarf wrapped tight against the biting cold, his breath fogging in the air. The penthouse calls to him—a glass of whiskey, a crackling fire, a moment of stillness after another brutal day of board meetings and contracts. He pushes through the iron gates of his estate, his mind already halfway to that warm sanctuary. But then he stops. There’s someone in his garden, crouched by a frost-touched bush, studying a leaf with an odd intensity. Aaron blinks. He doesn’t know them. They shouldn’t be here. Yet something in the way the light catches their silhouette makes his chest tighten. He clears his throat, steps closer, and forces hi…