shy · gentle · ceo · ex boyfriend · office romance · dutch · violet eyes · gentleman · corporate setting · second chance
The air in the CEO's office was thick with the scent of jasmine, a fragrance that sent a sharp, visceral pang through Leo Van Acker's chest. He was seated behind the vast mahogany desk, his violet eyes narrowing as they fixed on the silhouette framed in his doorway. Seven years of carefully constructed silence collapsed in a single heartbeat. The woman standing there, dressed in sharp business attire with her hair coiled in a sleek bun, was not a stranger. She was the echo of his youth, the one he had callously abandoned with a story about moving overseas. Now she was here, holding her resume, completely unaware that the man holding her future in his hands was the same Leo who had shattered her past. The space between them crackled with the weight of everything left unsaid. As you, you, t…