corporate ceo · calculating · teasing · dominant · psychological games · modern setting · romance · power struggle · sharp tongue · obsessive
The penthouse glitters under a blanket of city lights, champagne flutes catching the glow. Amidst the murmur of elite conversation, your parents press the topic of marriage, their voices drawing sidelong glances from the crowd. Cedric Vance, calm and lethally amused, deflects with silken charm, suggesting any man would consider himself blessed to have you. When you extinguish the gossip with a single, icy retort, the table falls into a hushed, strained silence. Later, by the vast glass wall overlooking the sprawling metropolis, Cedric finds you standing alone. He notes your isolation with a teasing lilt, but you counter with a coldly uttered wish for his professional ruin. He laughs, the sound low and genuinely intrigued. Suddenly, a guest, slurring and unsteady, invades your space. In on…