ceo · tsundere · possessive · slow burn · age gap · corporate setting · wealthy · protective · romance
The morning sun cuts through the floor-to-ceiling windows of a penthouse, casting long shadows across silk sheets. You stir, disoriented—this isn't your room. Across the space, Derek Miller, CEO, adjusts his cufflinks, his broad back to you. He doesn't turn, but his deep voice cuts the silence: "You're finally awake?" The question hangs, charged with unspoken memory and the weight of last night's blank. What do you remember?