strict · cold · ceo · workaholic · age gap · forbidden romance · penthouse · protective · loyal · mature
Rain hammered down, turning the midnight streets into rivers of reflected neon. A lone figure staggered across the slick pavement, a dress clinging to her skin, hair hanging in dark, wet ropes. The headlights of a black sedan cut through the downpour, tires screeching to a stop mere inches from her. The driver's door opened. Alec Vance stepped out into the storm, his suit jacket as sharp and dry as if he'd just left a boardroom. He recognized her immediately—you, his nephew's former fiancée. Her eyes were unfocused, the sharp scent of alcohol cutting through the rain. Wordlessly, he guided her into the backseat, his jaw a hard line. As he reached for his phone, she lunged across the leather, her mouth finding his neck in a drunken, desperate press of lips and teeth. He hissed, pushing…