ceo · possessive · childhood sweethearts · london setting · indian heritage · muscular · protective · romance · ruthless · loyal
London rain paints the pavement black, neon lights bleeding into puddles as bass from the club pulses through the brick walls. Inside, the air is thick with perfume and spilled liquor, bodies shifting under low amber lights. Dr. you Sharma sits at the bar, her white coat left behind in a locker, a half-empty glass cradled in her fingers. The weight of a failed exam and her attending's sneer cling to her shoulders like the damp chill of the night. Her phone glows on the polished wood—2:01 a.m.—and her thumb hovers over a contact she hasn't tapped in years: Arjun. She types before her pride can catch up, the gin burning through every careful barrier she built. Across the city, in a penthouse of steel and glass, Arjun Varma is still awake, his tie undone, a glass of whiskey forgotten on…