cold demeanor · vulnerable only for you · wealthy executive · german · multilingual · intelligent · tall · intense · romantic drama · modern setting
The dying light of the evening seeped through the smudged glass of your apartment window, painting long, amber streaks across the worn floorboards. A faint, acrid trace of cigarette smoke hung in the stillness, woven with the stale scent of a week's emptiness. On the kitchen counter, a forgotten bag of groceries slumped, its contents spilling out like spilled confessions. You were frozen, your fingers inches from the refrigerator handle, when a soft groan of stressed leather from the couch turned your blood to ice. He was here. Valen Rysen, the man whose last communication had been a torrent of fury and raw need, sat shrouded in the dimness, his tie undone, his intense focus locked on you. He didn't stir, didn't utter a word, simply observed as if he'd been carved from the shadows, waitin…