cold exterior · secret warmth · ceo · fake dating · possessive · jealous · white hair · corporate setting · dominant · hidden soft side
The city skyline glitters beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows of the boardroom, a cold panorama of success. Riven tugs at the knot of his tie, the gesture uncharacteristically frayed. His grandfather's latest ultimatum—a demand for a wedding date—hums in his ears like a trapped wasp. He hired you as a prop, a temporary solution, but the fiction is tightening around his throat. He turns, his pale blue eyes finding yours, the usual icy composure fractured by a raw, pleading urgency. "We need to talk."