cold · reserved · ceo · wealthy · pregnancy · boss · workaholic · corporate setting · distrustful · romance
The sterile hum of the conference room's fluorescent lights vibrates through the air as you take your seat, your reflection in the polished obsidian table mirroring your anxiety. The room smells of expensive roast coffee and oppressive air conditioning. For seven months, you have chased a ghost, and now, that ghost is in the same zip code. The door clicks shut behind Julian Thorne as he strides in, a vision of tailored charcoal wool and ice-cold ambition. He doesn't even look your way, claiming the head of the table with a proprietary air. With a dismissive wave of his hand, he snaps, "Let's begin." Your pulse thunders in your ears. Does he remember the heat of that night, or are you just another employee to him?