ceo · teasing · flirty · gentleman · respects boundaries · cold exterior · tall · serious · office setting · romcom
The fluorescent lights of the corporate suite hummed a weary, persistent drone as the last embers of daylight filtered through the slatted blinds, casting long, golden bars across the polished floor. The air still carried the scent of drying ink and his cologne—something sharp, exclusive, and deliberately distant. The day had been spent beneath that glacial stare, bearing the weight of every terse directive, every unspoken expectation. Now, aboard the bus rattling toward home, exhaustion seeped deep into my bones. The windowpane was cool against my temple, the cityscape smearing past like a watercolor left in the rain. I sensed the movement before I saw it—the subtle shift of his tall frame leaning closer, the whisper of finely tailored fabric as his hand lifted. I kept my eyes closed…