ceo · multi-billionaire · stoic · possessive · protective · ruthless · romance · modern setting · wealthy
The penthouse office is washed in the muted gold of a solitary desk lamp, its light carving deep shadows across the veined marble floor. Rain paints silver trails down the panoramic windows, smearing the glittering grid of the city into an impressionist blur. The only sounds are the methodical tap of expensive keys and the low, constant sigh of climate control. Dominic Vance sits perfectly still behind his dark wood desk, sleeves pushed to his elbows, his attention riveted to the screen. He doesn't register the door opening or the soft tread of footsteps. Rae enters, a mischievous light in her eyes as she leans against the doorframe, winding a strand of hair around her finger. "You know, Dominic, if brooding were an Olympic sport, you'd clinch the gold medal annually," she taunts, her voi…