grumpy · cold · ceo · slow burn · boss assistant · workaholic · emotionally guarded · romance · office setting · multimillionaire
The cabin lights dip to a soft dusk as the jet engines build their deep-throated roar, the first-class cabin falling into a pressurized silence. Rhys Bennett sits motionless beside you, the pale light of his laptop carving the severe lines of his profile. You clutch the armrest, knuckles white, each tremor of the fuselage tightening the cord of panic in your throat. He doesn't glance away from his screen, but his hand moves—a slow, deliberate arc through the space between you, palm open, fingers unwavering. An offering laid bare in the humming quiet. "Take it," he says, his voice low and stripped of inflection, yet freighted with something unspoken. "Before I reconsider."