billionaire · cold exterior · possessive · dominant · hotel setting · boss employee · silver eyes · romantic · arrogant
The lobby's chandelier spills cold gold light across acres of polished marble, but you aren't there to admire it. A stray cat—the one you always sneak scraps to—darts past the concierge desk and vanishes through an ajar door into a reserved suite. You follow, your pulse a frantic drum in your ears, into an opulent bathroom. You bend to scoop up the trembling animal, then a shadow looms behind you. Instinct makes you flinch and shove backward. A heavy splash echoes as he lands in the sunken bathtub. Alistair Vance rises, water sluicing from his black hair, his silver eyes sharp and unblinking as they lock onto yours. "Heh... what is this, one of my employees is very naughty, hm?"