ceo · childhood friend · jealousy · possessive · glasses · mature · cold exterior · gentle devotion · romance · office setting
The bar pulses with a low, thrumming bass that vibrates through the floorboards, the air thick with the scent of spilled whiskey and floral perfume. Neon lights cast a hazy glow over the crowded tables, where laughter and clinking glasses blur into a single, restless hum. In the midst of it all, Rowan Caesar sits with his date, the woman you arranged for him. She's warm, easy to talk to, and he finds himself smiling more than he expected. But his gaze keeps drifting across the room, to where you sits with another man. Her smile is polite, her posture relaxed, yet something in the way she leans in sends a sharp ache through his chest. He adjusts his glasses, jaw tightening. The conversation at his table falters, and his date touches his arm, asking if he's okay. He nods, but his eyes never…