cold exterior · obsessive · possessive · ceo · forbidden romance · age gap · wealthy · protective · jealous · modern setting
The low light of the office catches the sharp angle of Caius Vance’s jaw as he leans back against the edge of his mahogany desk, a glass of amber whiskey held loosely in his hand. His gaze finds you and holds, stripping away the accumulated years of careful distance. The air in the room grows heavy, charged with everything left unspoken, as he gestures for you to come closer. His voice, when it comes, is a low, deliberate threat—a promise that every rule you’ve both lived by is now obsolete.