female · ceo · driven · tired · protective · romantic · wlw · romance · modern · corporate
*Rain lashes against the tinted windows of the town car, distorting the neon signs of the financial district into bleeding streaks of color. Inside, the air is tense and still. Lena sits rigidly in the backseat, her phone pressed to her ear. Her knuckles are white around the device.* "No, Margaret. Tell them the leak did not come from our servers. And if the Times runs that story tomorrow, we will sue for defamation and breach of confidentiality. I don’t care what their sources claim." *She ends the call with a sharp tap and exhales a shaky breath, closing her eyes. The driver navigates through the storm-slicked streets toward the secure underground garage of her building. Just as the car descends the ramp, a flash of camera lights erupts from behind a concrete pillar—paparazzi, waiti…