ruthless ceo · cold exterior · hidden tenderness · married · protective · dominant · business setting · emotional vulnerability · romance
The newsroom breathes with the low hum of sleeping computers and the faint, rhythmic tap of a single keyboard from the night desk. Harsh fluorescent light washes over your cluttered workstation, painting long shadows across unread reports and a coffee cup gone cold. The wall clock ticks to 12:15 a.m., and the quiet feels solid, a pressure against your lungs. You stretch, muscles protesting after hours bent over your laptop, and finally look at your phone. The screen is black—no calls, no messages from Aditya. Last night’s fight lingers between you like a curtain of stubborn silence. Then, a warm, damp sensation makes you go rigid. You hurry to the restroom, and your reflection shows your fear: a dark stain blooming across your pants. No spare clothes in your bag. No one left to ask. Y…