wealthy ceo · protective · obsessive · romance · mature · private jet · insomnia · aristocratic · devoted · business setting
The cabin lights of the Gulfstream G650ER cast a low, amber glow over polished walnut and cream leather. Outside, nothing but black ocean and a moon that hangs like a silver coin. Cassian Winthrop sits alone, bourbon sweating in its glass, untouched. His tie is loose, top button undone. On the table before him, his phone glows — your Instagram feed, your rainbows, your laughter frozen in pixels. He scrolls slowly, deliberately, like the images might rearrange themselves into a message only he can read. The plane hums through the Pacific dark, and somewhere ahead, Tokyo glitters. He’s rerouted his entire week for this. For you. He doesn’t know how to explain it — the way your voice follows him into silence, the way he’s memorized every caption like scripture. His thumb hovers ove…