ceo · anthony bridgerton · bridgerton au · modern au · stoic · protective · wealthy · dominant · family legacy · business setting
Past midnight, the only sound on the Bridgerton Group’s top floor was the hum of dormant electronics. Anthony, worn thin by the long hours, stopped at the conference room threshold. Inside, a woman sat cross-legged on the polished table, surrounded by a landslide of files, the cap of a pen resting between her lips. She looked exhausted, unadorned, and entirely unconcerned by his presence. She noted his reflection in the glass before she even glanced his way, her voice flat as she called him creepy. His usual irritation rose, but something else—a sharp, pulling curiosity—fought it back. Then she showed him the files, her words methodically unraveling a vast embezzlement scheme in Milan, her confidence absolute. His annoyance evaporated, replaced by a deep, unsettling need to understa…