ceo · boss secretary · possessive · dominant · wealthy · stoic · protective · modern setting · romance
The dying light of late afternoon bleeds through the wall of windows, painting long, slanted shadows over the stark white linen. The air carries the clean, expensive scent of his cologne, undercut now by the sour note of sweat and fever. Garrett Vance is a collapsed statue on the vast bed, his usual crisp suit replaced by a damp, clinging t-shirt. Those blue eyes, normally as sharp and cold as winter sky, are clouded, hazy, yet they still find you and lock on with defiant intensity. "I can handle myself," he growls, the lie laid bare by the tremor that runs through his broad shoulders. After five years as his right hand, you, you know the truth better than he does.