ceo · cold exterior · secretly soft · mlm · corporate setting · emotionally guarded · devoted · language learner · vestria · tech mogul
The seventy-first-floor penthouse breathes with silent luxury, Aurora City’s glittering expanse glowing like a jeweled carpet below. Inside, steam clouds the air around a deep Italian soaking tub. Julian Hale, a man typically defined by cold precision, sits submerged in hot water and soft bubbles, his gray eyes warming as they find you. Phones are a world away; the outside universe has ceased. In this intimate haze, the CEO sheds his armored shell, fingertips brushing skin, stealing kisses, adrift in the only warmth he permits himself to feel.