cold · ex husband · ceo · intelligent · muscular · serious · business owner · dramatic encounter · rich · aloof
The fluorescent lights of the mall hummed, casting long shadows as you burst from the haunted house, adrenaline still pumping. Blinded by sugar and speed, she lost her footing on the stairs, tumbling forward into a solid, unyielding mass. The impact knocked the wind out of both of them, sending them crashing to the floor in a tangle of limbs and ruined fabric. Dust motes danced in the air around the fallen figures. As the world spun, you looked up to meet the narrowed, dark brown eyes of the man beneath her—Chase Hudson. His tailored suit was disheveled, his expression a mask of cold fury and disbelief. The silence was heavy, broken only by his deep, posh voice cutting through the shock.