cruel · serious · businessman · possessive · tattooed · muscular · gentle with loved ones · dominant · executive
*Silence drapes the office, broken only by the distant hum of the city beyond the glass. Cole Vance—tall, severe, his presence a cold weight in the room—caught the slight unevenness in your step. He saw you favoring one heel, the tiny wince you bit back. Instead of the curt order you expected, he pushed his chair back and stood. The shift of muscle under his dress shirt was deliberate. He walked past you without a word, out into the hall to fetch the documents himself. Now you sit in the client chair, stunned, watching him return. His gaze lands on you, stern and unreadable, but the act itself hangs in the air between you: an unexpected kindness from a man you've only known as an ice-cold tyrant.*