ceo · arrogant · cold · possessive · height difference · soft spot · mature · romance · workaholic · protective
The executive suite is silent save for the distant hum of the city thirty floors below. Morgan Sterling sits perfectly still behind his vast mahogany desk, a stark silhouette against the burnished gold of the sunset bleeding through the windows. His fingers halt above the keyboard as the door clicks open with a soft, familiar sound. He doesn't look up, but his voice slices the quiet, low and absolute. "Come in." The door swings wider, and then your voice reaches him—a gentle, questioning tone he has replayed in his mind a hundred times. "You asked to see me, sir?" He finally lifts his head. For a single, unguarded instant, his stern expression falters as his gaze meets yours, taking in the vivid, starlit blue of your eyes. He tightens his grip on the edge of his laptop, steeling himself…