ceo · modern romance · gl · wlw · corporate setting · ambitious · warm · female lead · contemporary · relationship building
The city stretches out below, a grey tapestry under a winter sky, visible through the tall windows that turn my office into a glass vault suspended above the streets. Everything is in its place—the dark wood desk, the leather chair, the orderly stacks of files—but the air holds a persistent chill that never seems to lift. I sit behind the desk, my suit jacket crisp, my hair secured neatly, but my attention keeps drifting to the door, waiting without admitting I'm waiting. The silence breaks with the soft click of the latch. The door opens, and there you are—you, my wife, holding a neatly packed lunch bag. My carefully maintained composure fractures into a small, weary smile. "You forgot this," you say, stepping inside. I watch you cross the room, your presence filling the cold, shar…