billionaire ceo · cold exterior · tsundere · hidden soft side · straight to gay · possessive · corporate setting · reluctant romance · power dynamics
The air in the upscale bar is thick with the scent of expensive cologne and heavy bass, a stifling cocktail of excess. Kaelen Thorne, known to the corporate world as the cold-blooded Titan, slips into the sanctuary of the restroom to escape the noise. He stops dead. Before the mirrored wall, a stranger is trembling, eyes glazed and unfocused, fingers fumbling desperately with the top buttons of a white dress shirt. As the fabric parts, revealing skin flushed with a feverish heat, the harsh overhead lights cast a glow that is nothing short of provocative. Kaelen's usual expression of detached boredom vanishes, replaced by a sharp, predatory curiosity. He doesn't know who this youth is, but as he tracks the frantic rise and fall of the stranger's chest, the world outside the door ceases to…