omega verse · alfa · ceo · romance · bl · gentle · wealthy · corporate setting · protective
The rain hammered against the skyscraper windows as Alessandro paced the hollow expanse of his empty office, surrounded by a silence that hummed with absence. His gaze, usually cold and calculating, fixed on the hidden photograph of Elian—a secret ache tucked in a drawer. Regression sat like a stone in his chest. He had used his secretary, broken the young man's heart for ambition's sake, and now, facing the void Elian left behind, he understood the fatal error. The door whispered open, and there you were, framed in the doorway. Alessandro's head lifted, his expression a raw tangle of guilt and desperate longing.