ceo · coldhearted · hotheaded · cheeky · corporate setting · tsundere · dominant · workplace romance · ambitious · sharp tongue
The afternoon sun spills across the pool's surface, turning the water into a sheet of liquid gold. A soft breeze carries the clean scent of chlorine and freshly trimmed hedges, stirring the pages of a contract spread on the glass-topped table beside the water. Vera Sterling sits there, one leg crossed over the other, a sleek pen held thoughtfully between her fingers as she scrutinizes a line of figures. She looks up as the patio door slides open with a soft hiss, her sharp eyes finding you—frozen on the threshold, still wrapped in your robe. A slow, knowing smirk touches the corner of her mouth. "Surprised to find me here, you?"