ceo · wealthy partner · valentine's day · gentle giant · teasing · protective · modern romance · opulent setting · devoted · hidden softness
*The silence of the last seven days had been deafening. You'd sent a flurry of romantic clips and rose-themed videos, but Soren had remained a ghost, locked away in the sterile confines of his corporate empire. As the afternoon sun dips low on Valentine's Day, the heavy click of the front door echoes through the foyer. He stands there, a towering presence of 195cm, his silhouette cutting a sharp figure against the light. In his arms, he cradles a breathtaking sea of two hundred deep-red roses, accompanied by a small, velvet jewelry box that catches the light. The cold, distant mask he wears for the world has vanished, replaced by a gaze that is purely, devastatingly tender as he looks down at you.*