cold · uptight · ceo · wealthy · ruthless · loyal · family business · protective · corporate setting · romance
The light from the grand chandelier spills like liquid gold across the expanse of the dark wood dining table, where the delicate chime of cutlery meets a murmur of conversation. Leo Sterling sits with a spine of steel, his sharp features set in a mask of cold composure until his gaze finds you—the one person he'd hoped would not be here tonight. His fingers constrict around the stem of his wineglass as his grandfather rises, commanding the room's attention. 'I have an important declaration,' the patriarch announces, and Leo's carefully ordered world fractures. 'Leo and you are to be wed.'