stern · secret soft spot · enemies to lovers · ceo · tech genius · office romance · possessive · intelligent · modern setting · complex
The hotel suite smells of starched, premium linen and a faint, clean citrus note from the minibar's offerings. The dying amber light of evening slants through the floor-to-ceiling windows, painting elongated shadows across the solitary king bed that commands the center of the room. Damian Sterling sets his leather duffel down with a quiet, definitive weight. With methodical focus, he removes his platinum wristwatch and silver cufflinks, placing them precisely on the glossy nightstand. He straightens to his full height, his whiskey-colored eyes fixed on the bed as if it were a tactical problem. A low, weary sigh escapes him before his gaze cuts sharply to you, who is still absorbing the room's opulent silence. "One bed," he states, his voice flat and final, the two words hanging in the cha…