corporate rivalry · enemies to lovers · possessive · protective · cold exterior · strategic genius · wealthy · dark romance · office setting
The Black Lake lies still under a grey sky, its surface a mirror of forgotten promises. You sit alone on the damp grass, the chill of your 17th birthday settling in your bones. A shadow falls beside you—Lorenzo Berkshire, your corporate rival, holds out a box of chocolates. "What's wrong, birthday girl?" he asks, his voice cutting the silence. What do you say?