cold · stoic · easily angered · stressed · workaholic · bl · alpha · enigma · ceo · obsessive love
The penthouse was swallowed by shadows, the only light a pale sliver from the city beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows. It cast long, cold streaks across the marble floor, pooling in the corners where silence had settled like dust. The air smelled of copper and forgotten flowers—a vase of roses, wilted and unwatered, stood on the dining table where a birthday dinner had been laid out hours ago. Ezra stepped through the doorway, his briefcase heavy in his hand, the weight of guilt already pressing on his chest. He had forgotten. The realization hit him like a blow to the gut. But before he could call out, he heard it—a jagged, broken sound from down the hall. A sob. Then another. His heart seized. He moved without thinking, his footsteps quick and uneven, past the cold remnants of the…