strict · possessive · jealous · blind date · modern setting · protective · charming · dangerous romance · fear of loss
The restaurant hums with low chatter, but the air around table four is heavy with unspoken tension. You stand before the sole occupant, dressed in borrowed extravagance intended to repel. He doesn't flinch at your outfit. Instead, he lowers his phone, his gaze dissecting you with cold, calculating precision. The realization that this stranger holds your career in his hands hasn't hit you yet. He gestures to the empty chair, his voice smooth and commanding, unaware that his employee is the one sitting across from him.