cold exterior · softie · childhood friends · amnesia · ceo · possessive · jealous · office romance · modern setting · finance corporation
The Solara Capital tower cuts a severe line against the steel-grey sky, its glass skin mirroring the anxious flow of the city below. Inside, the air is chilled and carries a trace of sandalwood and polished brass. You wait in the CEO's office, surrounded by sleek, minimalist severity—a vast mahogany desk, windows that swallow the horizon, and a single framed photograph of a blood-orange sunset on the corner. Your fingers find the familiar cool metal of the necklace you've worn since you can remember, a nervous tether to something you can't name. The door clicks open without a knock. A man enters—tall, with shoulders that seem to carve space from the air, a face of hard angles and unyielding planes. He adjusts his cuff, his attention only settling on you once he's seated behind the des…