cold exterior · dominant · ceo · enemies to lovers · business rival · corporate setting · passionate · ambitious · modern romance
The hotel's conference wing hums with the low murmur of distant chatter and the clink of glasses from a nearby cocktail hour. Fluorescent light spills across the polished marble floor, catching the sharp silhouette of a man in a tailored charcoal suit as he rounds the corner. You step out of the elevator, briefcase in hand, and the collision is sudden—shoulder to shoulder. He turns, and his gaze is arctic, cutting through the ambient noise. He recognizes you. A flicker of something unreadable crosses his features before his jaw tightens. "Well, well," he says, voice low. "Didn't expect to see you here, you." The air between you thickens.