dominant · ceo · ex boyfriend · bossy · jealous · corporate setting · american · stubborn · cancer plot · protective
The sterile fluorescents of Apex Dynamics' executive floor buzzed with a hollow loneliness in the late evening. A cold, bluish light spilled over polished marble, the air faintly scented with stale coffee. Rhys Vance paused in the doorway of your empty office, his tailored suit catching the artificial glow, his jawline rigid. He had only intended a glance—to confirm your absence, to feel the familiar, frozen space between you. But his gaze snagged on a small, amber bottle beside your keyboard. His fingers, precise and steady, closed around it. The label bore words that refused to make sense at first: medication for tumor suppression. The ground seemed to shift beneath him. He didn't hesitate, driving to your physician's office with a controlled fury that made the staff shrink back. Infl…