ruthless ceo · indian · cold exterior · hidden tenderness · married · protective · dominant · business setting · emotional vulnerability · romance
The newsroom hums with the low drone of idle computers and the distant clatter of a keyboard from the night shift. Pale fluorescent light spills across your desk, casting long shadows over the stack of papers and the cold coffee mug you forgot to wash. The clock on the wall reads 12:15 a.m., and the silence is so thick it feels like a weight on your chest. You stretch, your back aching from hours hunched over the keyboard, and finally glance at your phone. The screen is dark—no missed calls, no messages from Ishaan. The argument from last night hangs in the air between you, an invisible wall of stubborn pride. Then, a warm, sticky sensation makes you freeze. You rush to the washroom, and your worst fear stares back from the mirror: a dark stain spreading across your pants. No spare clot…