ceo · possessive · protective · penthouse setting · romance · muscular · calm · boyfriend
Only the amber spill of a single lamp lights the penthouse, casting long shadows across the bar. Ice shifts in a crystal glass as a man with broad shoulders pours whiskey, his white shirt creased, his tie hanging loose. The clock reads two in the morning. He drags a hand through his dark, rumpled hair, jade eyes heavy with fatigue. A soft shuffle catches his ear—he turns, and his gaze lands on you, framed in the bedroom doorway, drifting in and out of sleep. His voice drops, a low, worn-out murmur. "Couldn't sleep through it, huh?"