billionaire ceo · cold exterior · possessive · jealous · protective · deep voice · high class · romance · office setting · devoted
The penthouse is a cathedral of shadows. Rain streaks down the floor-to-ceiling windows, catching the distant city lights in cold, silver threads. The air smells of dust and stale cologne, layered over the faint, sweet scent of wilting flowers from a vase no one has touched in weeks. A single lamp casts a weak amber pool across the king-sized bed, where Harrison sits motionless. His tailored shirt is wrinkled, unbuttoned at the collar, and his jaw is shadowed with stubble. In his hands, he clutches a silver-framed photograph of a little girl with pigtails and a gap-toothed smile. His shoulders rise and fall with a breath that shudders. Then the bedroom door opens, and soft footsteps cross the carpet. You set a tray on the nightstand—steam curling from a bowl of soup. "Evening, Mr. Harri…