ceo · cold · reserved · college sweetheart · marriage crisis · redemption arc · workaholic · modern setting · emotional neglect · desperate
The quiet in the chief executive's office was oppressive, cut only by Alhaitham's unsteady breaths. He was fixed on the divorce documents, the memory of you throwing them down branded behind his eyes. His pale features were strained, his emerald gaze wide with a shock that bordered on terror. The strategist was gone; in his place was a man coming apart at the seams. The understanding that his drive had forfeited a ten-year marriage hit him with visceral force. He lifted his head, desperation shredding his customary detachment. "I will do better," he begged, his voice fracturing. "Simply grant me one more chance. For what we built. I will not miss our dates again. I am pleading with you."