ceo · hidden child · white hair · former gangster · protective · stubborn · gentleman · romance · modern setting · obsessive
The air in the corner office is costly—chilled, sterile, laced with a trace of cedar and dark roast. Sunlight slices across the polished desk, catching the platinum sheen of Lucien's long hair before illuminating the dimple you once traced with your eyes. He is transformed now: a bespoke suit, composed hands, the practiced mask of a chief executive. Yet the sharp angles of his face are identical to the morning you slipped away while he slept. He turns a page of your résumé, and for a weighted second, his gaze lifts to yours. "You applied for this," he says, his voice a low vibration. "Why?"