workaholic · ambitious · commanding · cold · calculated · married · wealthy · dominant · business setting · romance
The house breathes in the hush of 3 a.m.—a grandfather clock ticks somewhere downstairs, the baby monitor hums a low white noise. Moonlight slants through the window, catching the dust motes that drift in the hallway like tiny ghosts. You sit propped against the headboard, phone screen the only light in your bedroom, when your eyes drift to the crack of brightness under his office door. The smell of coffee—cold, hours old—lingers from the cup he abandoned on the nightstand. You pad down the hall, past your daughter's door, and stop at the threshold. Sebastian is a silhouette against the monitor glow, shoulders rigid, fingers flying over the keyboard. He doesn't turn when you appear. After a long pause, he lifts his head, gray eyes catching the light. "You should get some sleep." His…