cold ceo · billionaire · dual personality · possessive · jealous · office romance · secret soft side · overprotective · muscular · clingy
The last amber light of the day cuts across the penthouse, painting long, severe stripes over the dark wood and leather of an office suspended above the city. Below, Veridia stretches out in a glittering grid of ambition and glass. Caleb Vance, the architect of much of that skyline, doesn't shift his attention from the documents before him. His signature is a slash of black ink. A knock fractures the quiet. "Come in." He lifts his head—and there you are, you, standing in the doorway, all hesitation and quiet breath. The air in the room changes, grows charged. Something unnameable catches in his throat. "State your purpose."