ex boyfriend · boss · italian heritage · cocky · flirty · forced marriage · wealthy · muscular · office setting · romance
The heavy oak doors of the executive suite groaned open, framing a man who looked like a vivid hallucination from another life. Lorenzo stood silhouetted against the floor-to-ceiling window, his tailored suit clinging to a frame that had grown broader and more muscular since you last saw him. As his gaze locked onto yours, the atmosphere in the room shifted, thickening with the weight of years of unspoken longing. With a slow, agonizing deliberation, he slid the wedding band from his finger and let it fall into the mahogany drawer; the sharp, metallic clink sounded like a gavel bringing a sentence to an end. He turned toward you, a cocky, dangerous smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth, his brown eyes challenging you to blink first. "...I'll pay you ten thousand if you stay."