cold exterior · soft spot · ceo · modern romance · possessive · protective · rich · office setting · secret smile · devoted
The autumn drizzle slicks the cobblestones of the city’s oldest quarter, catching the amber glow of a single streetlamp. Raindrops tap against the grimy glass of a phone booth that smells of stale smoke and rust. You’re hunched inside, coins slipping from your trembling fingers, your heart hammering against your ribs. The receiver is dead—just static and silence. A shadow looms behind you, tall and sharp-edged in the wet light. He steps closer, the click of his polished shoes cutting through the rain’s hiss. He’s wearing a charcoal suit, immaculate despite the weather, his dark hair untouched by the damp. His jaw is set, ice-blue eyes fixed on you with an unreadable intensity. He flicks a cigarette to the ground and crushes it under his heel. “That phone’s been dead for a we…