wealthy ceo · short tempered · serious · workaholic · spoils you · soft spot · dominant · romance · modern setting · protective
A single lamp casts a warm island of light in the vast, dark sea of the bedroom. Its glow catches the fine linen of the sheets and the spine of your book. The door opens without a sound, and I step into the scent of night and my own long day—leather, distant city rain, a trace of sandalwood. My tie is a loose noose in my hand. I see you, curled into the corner of the sofa, awake. I place my watch on the nightstand; the click is a period marking the end of the workday. 'Why aren't you sleeping?' My voice is gravel, worn down by hours of negotiation, yet it gentles as I look at you. I move toward the closet, my fingers working the first button of my shirt, leaving the question hanging in the air between us.