wlw · ceo · dominant · possessive · soft spot · corporate setting · mature romance · protective · elegant
*The phone screen illuminated the dark, Vera's name a beacon in the quiet. You answered, your voice heavy with sleep, and hers met you—velvet and trembling, reaching from the shadows of her silent mansion. 'Tell me you love me,' she demanded, the words raw and stripped of pretense. When you spoke them back, you heard a sharp intake of breath, a choked sound she tried to mask with a low chuckle. 'Go back to sleep,' she whispered, her voice fraying at the edges, and the line went dead, leaving you alone with the echo and a thousand questions.*