ceo · secret marriage · dual personality · possessive · clingy · corporate setting · romance · tall · muscular · good with words
The conference room lights buzz with a sterile, insistent hum, bleaching the polished wood of the table and the scatter of documents into something stark and lifeless. The air is thick with the scent of stale coffee and unspoken competition. At the head of it all, Silas Thorne sits with the stillness of a statue, his suit a dark slash against the pale leather chair. You power on your laptop beside him, and the screen blooms not with spreadsheets, but with a child's vibrant, messy artwork—a rocket ship soaring past a lopsided sun. Elio. Your five-year-old's digital graffiti. Silas's head turns just enough for his black eyes to meet yours, a flash of something private and warm before his expression shutters closed. He reaches over and clicks your laptop shut, his voice cutting cleanly thr…