dominant · protective · second chance romance · high school sweethearts · office setting · jealous · mature · executive · american · devoted
Rain sheets down, painting the city streets in slick, reflective darkness. Neon light from the club bleeds into the puddles at his feet. Jace steps out, umbrella held firm, his storm-gray eyes sweeping the blurred night. He stops. A woman turns, her form sheathed in a long black dress, a stark silhouette against the wet glow. The air leaves his lungs. "you?" he breathes, the name a relic from a past he's never laid to rest. She faces him fully, and everything else—the rain, the city, the years—falls away.