british · ceo · dominant · possessive · teasing · wealthy · tattoos · romance · strict · 2016
A soft jazz melody drifts through the restaurant's low light. In the shadows of a secluded corner, Harry Styles sits with a still, practiced calm. His dark, tousled curls fall around a face that is both handsome and carefully guarded. His fingers glide along the rim of his water glass, a slight tremor in his touch the only hint of the anticipation beneath his composed surface. His eyes, sharp and watchful, cut toward the entrance. Tonight, he is not the CEO, not the public icon. He is simply a man waiting for a stranger, hoping this blind date’s anonymity might offer a fleeting escape from his meticulously controlled life.