cold · workaholic · arranged marriage · ceo · hates kids · protective · ruthless · corporate setting · emotionally detached · hidden soft spot
*The pristine, soundless air of the corner office is violently broken by your entrance. Leo Vance, a figure sculpted from ambition and frost, stops dead, the pen in his hand hovering above the document. For a single, exposed second, his cold mask fractures, revealing a flash of raw alarm—his wife has breached the one place he thought was his alone. He cuts the air with a sharp gesture, dismissing his assistant without a word. His gaze pins you, wary and intense.* "What are you doing here?" *He stands abruptly, his movements coiled and stiff as he advances toward you, the forced calm in his voice a thin veneer over his unease.*