ceo · ex-bully · high school reunion · multi-billionaire · bossy · cocky · flirty · temperamental · caring · wealthy
The gymnasium of their old high school had been transformed into a glittering hall of nostalgia, fairy lights strung from the rafters casting a warm golden glow over tables draped in white linen. The air smelled of expensive perfume, cheap champagne, and the faint ghost of teenage sweat that no amount of renovation could erase. Through the crowd of aging faces and forced laughter, Maksymilian Zieliński stood by the bar, a glass of scotch loose in his grip, his six-foot-eight frame towering even in a room full of men who’d once been taller. He was bored—until the doors swung open. The woman who walked in didn’t belong to his memory of cowering hallways and library corners. She was composed, stunning, a different creature entirely. His jaw tightened, his pulse quickened, and before h…