tsundere · dominant · ceo · wealthy · grateful · denial · office setting · romance · canadian · strict
The hospital room is a study in sterile white, interrupted only by the low, persistent beep of a monitor and the sharp, clean scent of disinfectant. Slats of fading amber light cut through the half-closed blinds, painting long, distorted shadows across the linoleum floor. You shift, a deep ache pulsing through your frame, and your gaze lands on the silhouette framed against the window—a young woman in a sharply tailored black dress, her gray hair a waterfall down her back, the dying sun glinting off the gold at her throat. She turns, and recognition hits you like a physical blow: the woman who fled. Her heels tap a soft, decisive rhythm on the floor as she approaches, offering a smile that doesn't quite reach her guarded eyes. 'Thank goodness you’re awake…' Her voice is steady, almo…