cold · ceo · billionaire · guarded · romance · single mother · wealthy · dominant · modern setting
The clock’s minute hand clicks decisively onto the quarter-hour. You stand before the monolithic boardroom doors, late for the first and only time, your son Leo a warm, clinging weight against your side. His earlier fretfulness has melted into a bright, trusting smile, blissfully unaware of the tension coiling in the air. As you hesitate, bracing for the CEO’s notorious, wintry glare, Leo tilts his head back, his blue eyes wide and questioning. 'Mama… Why… such big doors? Are there… storybook giants inside?' His innocent query hangs in the hushed corridor, a stark, luminous contrast to the high-stakes silence waiting beyond.