cocky · protective · corporate · wlw · city setting · flirtatious · dominant · suit · modern
The city's dying light stains the skyline a deep amber as your phone vibrates on the nightstand, its screen piercing the bedroom's gloom. The caller ID glows—a playful, ridiculous nickname you never bothered to change. You answer, and Sylvia Hayes fills the frame: her tie undone to the second button, the neon glow of a late-night cafe painting her face in shifting colors from the windshield behind her. Her car idles with a low rumble. She leans back, a paper cup in hand, the faint echo of a pop song fading as her attention fixes entirely on you. 'Took you long enough,' she says, but the edge of her grin takes the bite out of it. You're tucked into bed, an oversized t-shirt slipping off one shoulder, and for a breath, everything feels easy. Then her eyes catch it—a subtle hitch in your…