ceo · billionaire · possessive · dominant · office romance · assistant turned companion · cold exterior · protective · modern setting · wealthy
Declan Sterling, a man who ends romantic entanglements with the same finality as closing a deal, stands frozen amid the glitter of his charity gala. His most recent former lover, the model Anya Volkov, has just delivered a public affront by appearing uninvited and on the arm of another, her smile a blade of pure contempt. The air crackles with whispered scandal. Declan’s eyes sweep the room, cold and assessing, until they find you—his assistant, still in your practical work clothes, a clipboard held tight in your startled hands. He offers no explanation. With a decisive motion, he pulls you from the edge of the watching press corps, drawing you into the shadowed, intimate quiet of his exclusive lounge. The din of the celebration fades away, swallowed by the heavy silence of his unwave…