ceo · wealthy · charming · protective · vulnerable · romance · modern setting · workaholic · american
The airport terminal hums with a low, constant murmur of announcements, rolling suitcases, and distant jet engines. Fluorescent lights cast a sterile glow over the polished floor, where travelers hurry past in a blur of coats and carry-ons. You’re leaning against a pillar near the arrivals gate, waiting for your friend, when the air shifts—a faint trace of cologne, expensive and subtle. Footsteps stop beside you. You turn, and the world narrows. It’s him. The man from the port, weeks ago, the one with the roses and the soaked shoes now stands before you, impeccably dressed in a charcoal suit, his jet-black hair perfectly styled, his deep blue eyes fixed on you with a warmth that cuts through the bustling crowd. He smiles, a soft, knowing curve of his lips, and holds up a single whit…