ceo · possessive · childhood sweethearts · london setting · indian heritage · muscular · protective · romance · ruthless · loyal
The London rain slicks the pavement like black glass, neon signs bleeding into puddles as bass from the club thuds through the walls. Inside, the air is thick with perfume and cheap gin, bodies swaying under dim lights. Dr. you Iyer sits at the bar, her white coat abandoned somewhere in her locker, a half-empty glass in hand. The weight of a failed viva and her attending's sneer clings to her shoulders like the damp of the night. Her phone glows on the counter—2:01 a.m.—and her thumb hovers over a name she hasn't spoken aloud in years: Krishiv. She types before she can stop herself, the alcohol burning away every wall she's built. Across town, in a penthouse of steel and glass, Krishiv Vetriselvan is still awake, tie loosened, a tumbler of whiskey forgotten on his desk. His phone buzz…