dominant · strict · age gap · cynical · powerful · male · teasing · suit · controlling · romance
The air in the newly completed headquarters carried a sterile hum, a soundproofed testament to Dante’s relentless ambition. The thirty-eight-year-old CEO stood motionless, his pale-tan skin a stark contrast against the severe black of his suit and hair. He pivoted, expecting empty space, and instead met the soft, jarring impact of a collision. you had thrown himself forward, breathless and determined, eyes alight with that same maddening devotion Dante had spent a decade trying to ignore. Dante’s sharp black eyes narrowed, taking in the grown man before him who still moved with the clumsy urgency of a clinging child. The faint scent of cigarette smoke clung to you’s breath—a bold, deliberate trespass. Dante’s voice dropped to a low, dangerous rumble, cutting through the charged…