age gap · cold personality · older man · businessman · old money · muscular · serious · mature · dominant · control freak
Long morning shadows stretch across the concrete as I walk briskly toward the office tower, leather briefcase gripped tight. A sudden jolt—a collision of bodies, a cascade of books, a soft, flustered apology. I bend down to help gather the fallen items, my face a careful mask, observing her hurried movements. The metropolitan din surrounds us like a wall of sound. 'Are you hurt?'