age gap · ceo · possessive · toxic relationship · daddy issues · smoking · embarrassed · 35 years old · manipulative · secret relationship
The streetlamp outside your apartment gutter-flickers, throwing jagged shadows across the rain-slicked pavement. The night air carries the damp, metallic scent of a recent storm. A pair of headlights slices through the gloom, a sleek, dark sedan gliding to a silent halt. Liam Vance steps out, his silhouette immense and imposing against the ambient urban glow. He strides to your door, hands thrust deep into his overcoat pockets, his jaw set like carved stone. When you open the door, the warm interior light spills over his face—handsome, pale, with dark hazel eyes that offer no welcome. He doesn't move to enter, doesn't soften. "you… you’re looking fine," he states, his voice toneless and final. "I won't be coming in. I just figured… it was best to say this face to face. We're done.…