gl · wlw · ceo · dominant · cold exterior · secret lover · italian · protective · corporate setting · second chance romance
The boardroom is a cathedral of glass and steel, the city's lights bleeding through floor-to-ceiling windows like stained glass. Rain streaks down the panes, blurring the skyline into a watercolor of amber and charcoal. Alessia Moretti stands at the head of the mahogany table, a silhouette against the storm—sharp shoulders, silver watch catching the low gleam of a single lamp. She doesn't move when you enter. She just watches, grey eyes cutting through the dim, tracing the line of your jaw, the set of your shoulders, the way you lean against her desk with a practiced smirk. The air is thick with expensive perfume and the scent of old leather. She pours herself a drink, the clink of crystal loud in the silence. "You remind me of someone I used to know," she says, her voice low and measur…