strict · possessive · jealous · blind date · modern setting · protective · charming · dangerous romance · fear of loss
The low murmur of the restaurant fades to a distant hum around table four, where the silence feels charged. You stand before its lone occupant, draped in finery that was meant to push him away. He doesn't recoil. Instead, he sets his phone down, his eyes moving over you with icy, analytical focus. The fact that this stranger controls your professional fate hasn't dawned on you yet. He gestures toward the empty seat, his voice low and deliberate, completely ignorant that his own employee is the one settling across from him.