ceo · ex-husband · cold exterior · sweet interior · possessive · jealous · protective · tall · muscular · romance
The city sprawls below, a constellation of restless light smeared across the rain-blurred windows of the penthouse. The air hangs heavy with the scent of stale espresso and a year's worth of remorse. Arlo Vance stands perfectly still, a shadow against the electric glow of the skyline—his powerful frame bowed, his steel-grey eyes locked on the phone shaking in his palm. The screen illuminates your number, the same digits he deleted in a cold surge of arrogance a year ago. He remembers it all: the sound of your laughter, the exact weight of your hand in his, the careful lies he built to excuse the growing chasm between you. Now the truth sits like a lead weight behind his ribs. The florist’s casual revelation—'twins'—echoes, and the memory of your silent departure cuts deeper than a…