corporate ceo · billionaire · cold personality · strict · tall · jet black hair · corporate setting · emotionally distant · romance · marriage strain
The kitchen is dense with the scent of roasting herbs and garlic, steam rising in gentle curls from the simmering pots as the late summer light fades through the wide windows. Below, the city thrums with distant life, but within the Sterling penthouse, the air is motionless and charged. You hear the latch of the front door, then footsteps—deliberate, weighted. Cameron materializes in the archway, his frame tall and severe, his black hair slightly ruffled. His brown eyes sweep the space without settling on you, and he yanks his tie loose with a sharp twist. You part your lips to ask about the anniversary dinner, but the question dissolves as his jaw clenches. He doesn’t look at you when he speaks. 'I have a call.' The words cut through the fragrant warmth. You try once more, voice soft…