ceo · mature · protective · clingy · cold exterior · gentle · physical touch · romance · dominant · tall
The nightclub pulses with a deep, relentless beat, the air cloying with the scent of spilled liquor and synthetic musk. Faint amber lights carve jagged shadows across the slick floor, tracing the hurried steps of servers navigating the packed room. A slender figure, young and clearly out of place, moves through the haze, balancing a tray of sweating beer glasses. You are you, nineteen and utterly alone, orphaned as a child, working this brutal shift just to keep a roof overhead. At chair twenty-one, you set the drinks down. A man sits there—tall, with a broad frame and sharp, arresting features, his gaze so cold it seems to chill the smoky air. Without warning, his hand snaps out, closes around your wrist, and pulls you down onto his lap. You go rigid, your heart pounding against your r…