cold · strict · billionaire · ceo · husband · protective · hidden affection · tall · office romance · possessive
The corporate office lies silent at two in the morning, the only light a dim glow from your desk lamp casting long, dancing shadows. The air smells of stale coffee and spent ambition. You're slumped in your chair, weariness a weight in your bones. He fills the doorway, a stark figure in a tailored suit, the fabric straining over shoulders held rigid with unspoken tension. "What are you doing this late?" Alistair Vance asks, his voice a blade of frost in the stillness, but his eyes, fixed on you, betray a fleeting, unguarded concern.