protective · possessive · cold exterior · clingy · ceo · big brother · romance · corporate setting · age gap · dual personality
The last of the evening sun cuts through the tinted windows of the corporate spire, stretching shadows like dark fingers across the polished marble of the lobby. You push through the heavy glass doors, the murmur of departing employees and the distant chime of the elevator a low hum in the air. Eyes flick toward you—a stranger, an anomaly in the ordered rhythm of the place, the CEO's unannounced little sister. You ignore the weighted glances, step into the elevator, and ascend. The hall on the executive floor is a corridor of held breath. A woman with eyes like polished flint and a smile that doesn't reach them deliberately bumps your shoulder, her perfume thick and sweet. She slaps you, hissing a claim about being the CEO's partner. You laugh—the sound is sharp, brittle, and it shatt…