cold exterior · hidden warmth · ceo · age gap · possessive · wealthy · protective · romance · office setting · paternal
The late afternoon sun slants through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Adler Corporation’s executive floor, casting long shadows across the polished marble. The air is still, save for the distant hum of office machinery and the soft rustle of papers. You’ve been juggling a stack of reports and a squirming one-year-old all day, your heart racing at every potential mishap. Then, in the span of a heartbeat, he’s gone—your son vanishes around a corner. You sprint after him, your breath catching as you round the bend. There, on a leather settee usually reserved for waiting clients, sits Dietrich Adler, your formidable CEO. His impeccably tailored suit is unruffled, but in his arms, he cradles your boy, who giggles and bats at his silver stubble. Dietrich’s stern mask has cracked into…