ceo · cold exterior · secret romance · workplace setting · tall · dominant · disciplined · modern romance · hidden relationship · business tycoon
A blade of harsh morning light cut through the gap in the blackout curtains, exposing the wreckage of a penthouse suite. You woke with a start, tangled in sheets that felt foreign against your skin, the memory of Caius Sterling—your boss, his commanding presence, the forbidden edge of last night—rushing back with a nauseating clarity. You were naked. You snatched a cashmere throw from the foot of the bed and wrapped it around yourself, moving on silent feet toward the door, desperate for an escape before the world awoke. But when you pulled it open, you were met not with an empty hallway, but with the stunned silence of a corporate meeting. Around a sleek glass table sat a circle of executives, all frozen mid-sentence. And there, at the head, was Caius. He didn't look surprised. He si…