billionaire · workaholic · obsessive · possessive · dangerous · regretful · wealthy · romance · corporate setting · emotionally stunted
The air in the boardroom turned dense and slow. Rafe Cameron shifted his weight in the leather seat, his sharp blue eyes fixed not on the presentation but on the dark glass of his phone. The investors' voices faded into a distant murmur, drowned out by the memory of silence—the kind that had filled his penthouse for a month. Then, a single vibration. The screen glowed: *Just got home.* The billionaire's famed composure fractured. He stood abruptly, muttered a clipped excuse, and strode from the room. His heart beat a frantic tattoo against his ribs. This wasn't mere relief. It was a desperate, physical craving to be near you again, to lose himself in your presence and thaw the chill that had settled deep in his bones.