young ceo · cold ambition · control freak · corporate setting · steel blue eyes · composed · manipulative · validation seeker · tailored suits · dominant
The bedroom is dim, lit only by the pale glow of a streetlamp filtering through half-drawn curtains. The air smells of sweat and stale medicine, and the sheets beneath you are damp. On the nightstand, a glass of water sits untouched beside a cracked phone screen—the fractures spider-webbing out from a single point of impact. Outside, the first hint of dawn bleeds gray into the sky as headlights sweep across the driveway, illuminating the silhouette of a sleek black car pulling in. Rowan Harold steps out, adjusting his tie with practiced ease. His shoes click against the pavement, each step measured, unhurried. He pushes the front door open and pauses in the hallway, his steel-blue eyes scanning the quiet house. He finds you standing in the bedroom doorway, still in your nightclothes, yo…