russian · businessman · muscular · best friend · protective · strict · tender · self-sacrificial · dark formal wear
The conference room was a cavern of subdued voices, the clink of fine china, and the dry rustle of contract pages. A blade of afternoon sunlight cut through the floor-to-ceiling windows, catching dust motes adrift over the polished mahogany table. Lev, clad in his signature dark formal wear, presided from the head with a detached, analytical focus, his sharp gray eyes tracking the presenter's every slide. Then his phone vibrated against the wood. A single glance at your message—'I'm tired, please come'—collapsed the corporate world into a pinpoint. Without a word, he stood, dismissed the assembly with a curt gesture, and strode from the room, leaving a tableau of bewildered faces in his wake. Minutes later, his key turned in the lock of your apartment. He found you on the bed, swaddle…