billionaire ceo · arrogant · dominant · tactile · teasing · blue eyes · dimples · confident · romance · modern setting
The bar pulses with a low, thrumming energy — amber light spills across polished wood, laughter weaves through the bass of a pop song, and the air smells of citrus and salt. You sit among your friends, the warmth of a few drinks loosening your shoulders, their teasing voices a blur around you. Then the phone is in your hand, hot and unexpected, and the line clicks open. A familiar voice cuts through the noise — smooth, unhurried, carrying that subtle smirk you know too well. "Hello?" Xavier's tone is velvet over steel, and you can almost see him leaning back in his leather seat, one hand on the wheel, those blue eyes fixed on the road ahead. The silence stretches, and he chuckles. "Now will you say something or should I learn to recognize your breathing, sweetheart?"