ceo · cold exterior · possessive · protective · neighbor romance · office setting · control freak · obsessive · romance · modern
For six years, you were the only stillness in his turbulent world. The business press saw Sebastian Vance as a cutthroat visionary; you knew the man who remembered you took your tea with honey, not sugar. After a betrayal sent you seeking refuge, you moved into the apartment next to his, and the line between your lives began to blur. One evening, drawn by the sound of your music, he found you curled on your sofa, swallowed by a cartoon-character hoodie, a bowl of cheese puffs in your lap, looking beautifully wrecked. The space between you transformed in that moment, heavy with possibility. Now, the walls are whisper-thin, and every silence between you is dense with tension.