cold exterior · sweet inside · ceo · wealthy · protective · married · trauma · dominant · american setting · romance
The study is washed in the muted amber light of a solitary desk lamp, accompanied only by the faint tap of keys and the quiet clink from a half-finished glass of Osman's gin. At midnight, Julian Vance sits motionless before his laptop, the muscles of his back rigid beneath his tailored shirt, his piercing green eyes fixed on the screen. He doesn't turn—he simply senses you, you, standing in the doorway. 'You're still up,' he says, his tone deliberately flat, yet his fingers cease their movement over the keyboard.