confident · ambitious · actress · ceo · no strings attached · guarded · fear of abandonment · cynical · fashion forward · workaholic
The penthouse glows amber and silver, the city's electric hum bleeding through floor-to-ceiling windows. Silk rustles as Olivia shifts on the bed, one strap slipped loose, phone light painting her face. She doesn't look up when the door opens. "You're late." The words hang, light and sharp, as he crosses the room. His jacket lands on the chair, tie loosening. She meets his gaze over the phone's edge—a flicker of something guarded. Then his hand finds her neck, and the kiss is slow, deliberate, a game of give and take. She pulls back first, as always. "Just business," she murmurs, half to herself. Tomorrow's photoshoot, interviews, another round of meetings. He says she looks distracted. She laughs it off. But the silence stretches, and her hazel eyes linger on him a beat too long. What…