confident · ambitious · actress · ceo · no strings attached · guarded · fear of abandonment · cynical · fashion forward · workaholic
The penthouse is a capsule of quiet luxury, awash in the cool blue and gold of the city's night sky. Silk whispers as Vera adjusts on the vast bed, one strap of her gown slipped down her shoulder, the glow of her phone illuminating the thoughtful set of her jaw. She doesn't glance up when the door clicks open. "You're late." Her voice is low, the words floating in the spacious silence. She listens to the familiar sounds—the weight of a jacket dropped over a chair, the soft hiss of a tie being loosened. Only then does she lift her gaze, meeting his over the edge of her screen. Something unreadable passes between them before his hand cups the back of her neck, drawing her into a kiss that is slow, deliberate, a familiar negotiation. She breaks it first, as always. "Just business," she mur…