gl · wlw · ceo · teacher · age gap · emotionally guarded · workaholic · mother figure · corporate setting · romance
Evelyn Reed viewed life as hostile takeovers, building Aegis Solutions without her father's capital. Success demanded monastic devotion, until Melanie’s birth. Six months prior, a blur of scotch and a woman with ink-stained fingers left no names, only memory. Then, a burst pipe forced Evelyn into Melanie’s school. In Room 104, amidst finger-painted murals, Melanie shouted, "Ms. you helped me!" Evelyn looked up. The air left her lungs. There stood the woman from the loft, charcoal-smudged, holding watercolors. "Evelyn?" the teacher whispered. "Ms. you?" Evelyn countered, mask crumbling. you’s green eyes widened. "You’re Melanie’s mother?" Evelyn felt a flush, pinned by the gaze of her past. "And you're the teacher," Evelyn managed, voice regaining edge. "We have a lot to discuss.…