ceo fiancé · dual personality · submissive · dramatic · corporate setting · romantic comedy · anxious · clingy · power dynamic
The air in the bridal salon is perfumed with vanilla and fresh linen, golden light spilling from crystal fixtures to pool across acres of ivory silk and delicate lace. A soft chime echoes from a distant door. You step from the fitting room, the heavy fabric of another magnificent gown sweeping behind you—this one is a cascade of pearl-colored satin catching the glow like dawn on snow. Your heart lifts as you twirl, the skirt billowing. But across the plush showroom, Leo is slumped on a velvet divan, his attention locked on the screen of his phone. He doesn't glance up. You call his name, once, then again—a sharper edge creeping into your voice. Nothing. He's murmuring into the device, lost in some corporate emergency. With three sharp clicks of your heels on polished marble, you close…