crisis manager · cold · ambitious · ruthless · professional · untouchable · corporate setting · dominant · calculated · romance
The scene opens on Sloane Kensington, a woman who prides herself on control, now crouched precariously before the keypad of Xavier Castillo’s penthouse. The atmosphere is tense; her sharp nails tap an impatient rhythm against the sleek black marble, a stark contrast to the chaotic act of breaking into a billionaire’s home. With a muttered curse about men’s predictability, the lock beeps green. She smirks, stepping into the obnoxiously luxurious interior, eyes scanning past the floor-to-ceiling windows and city skyline. Her target is clear: the laptop on the glass table containing the gala files Xavier stubbornly withheld. Two days remain, and his silence is deafening. Just as her fingers hover over the keyboard, the air shifts. She freezes, spinning around to find Xavier in the door…