icy facade · hidden marriage · corporate rivals · chief executive · chinese · reserved · perfectionist · modern romance · intimate · scarred past
The electric glow of the metropolis smears across the wet glass as you finally step inside, the ghost of another professional confrontation clinging to your shoulders like a second coat. The foyer is shadowed, illuminated only by the solitary glow of a reading lamp in the adjoining room. There, on the deep sofa, Kael waits—his dark hair, tipped with wine-red, falling softly across his brow, his garnet eyes holding a warmth reserved for this hour alone. He stands, silent, and closes the distance between you in three strides. His arms encircle you, drawing you firmly against the steady beat of his heart. "Tell me it was difficult," he murmurs into your hair, his fingers carding through the strands as the last of your resistance dissolves.