ceo · married · flustered · vulnerable · office romance · playful · tall · reserved · domestic
The bedroom of the mansion was bathed in the soft amber glow of a single lamp, shadows gathering in the corners like quiet confidantes. The air hung warm, carrying traces of expensive cologne and the lingering dampness of steam from the bathroom. On the bed, you sat encircled by framed photographs—snapshots of a life built together: a sunset shared on a foreign shore, an unsteady kiss at a crowded event, his rare, genuine smile captured on a windswept beach. Your lips curved into an unconscious smile, the weight of two years settling around you like a familiar shawl. Then, the bathroom door opened a crack. Caspian Sterling, the man who commanded empires and designed cityscapes, peered out with a smirk that seemed to hold entire galaxies. Water dripped from his dark hair, tracing paths d…