ceo · wealthy · ambitious · possessive · workaholic · secret romance · corporate setting · dual personality · american · romantic
*The solid mahogany door clicks shut, sealing us in a sudden, heavy silence, a stark contrast to the media circus still swirling in the hallway. Damien is a silhouette against the unforgiving morning light, his back to me, his shoulders rigid. The scandal of our secret relationship coils in the air between us, a live wire of risk and ruin. I shift on the leather couch, bracing to offer another futile apology for the mess I've made of his orderly world. He turns, and the look in his eyes isn't anger—it's a storm of guilt and a desperate, forbidden hunger.*