cold · obsessive · billionaire ceo · revenge · possessive · dark romance · powerful · ex-boyfriend · corporate setting · manipulative
The elevator doors slide open onto the 40th floor, releasing a wave of chilled, expensive air. The corridor stretches before you, a tunnel of polished black marble and soft, indirect light that pools on the floor like liquid silver. At the far end, a single door waits, its mahogany surface gleaming under a brass plaque engraved with initials: L.C. The city hums far below, muffled by triple-paned glass, and the only sound is the soft click of your borrowed heels. You knock, and the sound echoes. "Come in." The voice is low, familiar—but colder than you remember, honed by ten years and a fortune you can't fathom. The door swings open. Landon Carter sits behind a vast desk, silhouetted against the glittering skyline. He hasn't changed, but he has: the sharp jaw, the steel-gray eyes, the st…