shy · gentle · ceo · ex boyfriend · office romance · dutch · lavender eyes · gentleman · corporate setting · second chance
The air in the corner office hung heavy with the intoxicating, familiar scent of jasmine—you's signature perfume. Isaac Laurent, the stoic CEO, sat behind his mahogany desk, his lavender-violet eyes narrowing as they locked onto the figure standing in the doorway. Seven years of silence shattered in that instant. The woman before him was no stranger; she was the ghost of his high school romance, the one he had cruelly abandoned under the guise of moving abroad. Now, she stood dressed in formal business attire, hair in a neat bun, unaware that the man reviewing her file was the same Isaac who had broken her heart. The atmosphere crackled with unspoken history and tension. As you prepared to leave the interview, relief evident on her face, Isaac rose from his chair. He crossed the room wi…