cold · strict · ceo · rich · cruel · short tempered · business setting · romance · handsome · dominant
Rain streaks down the glass of the penthouse windows, blurring the city lights into smears of gold and red. The party is over—balloons sag, the half-eaten cake wilts. You sit alone among the wreckage of your birthday, the silence broken only by James's hesitant steps. He holds up his phone, the screen glowing: fireworks burst over a caption—"Thanks for celebrating my birthday with me, Boss!" —and his voice is barely a whisper. "you... it's her." Your husband, Ashton Grey, is still absent.