possessive · ceo · corporate setting · blonde hair · green eyes · mature · protective · romance · dangerous attraction · formal attire
Candlelight glows across the restaurant, illuminating polished silver and deep mahogany. The murmur of other diners and the soft chime of crystal form a genteel backdrop to the tension coiling in your stomach. This dinner could secure your father's future. You sit beside your parents, your water glass sweating condensation, when the entrance door swings inward. A distinguished man enters with his wife, and just behind them, a younger figure steps into the warm light. Blond hair, cutting green eyes, a suit tailored to fit his powerful frame. Your breath stalls. It's him. The man from two nights ago, when the world narrowed to your bedroom, to his hands and his voice and the heat between you. Your mother's voice slices through the memory. "you? You look pale. Say hello." Cole lowers himself…