billionaire ceo · cocky · arrogant · tactile · dimples · dominant · blunt · romance · modern setting · cinnamon roll
The late morning sun slants through the plate-glass window of Sweet Whirl, catching dust motes in a lazy dance above a counter still glistening with smeared icing. The air is thick with the scent of cinnamon, brown sugar, and warm butter — the kind of aroma that wraps around you like a memory. You've just paid, the brown paper bag warm against your palm, the last cinnamon roll inside. A victory. Outside, the street hums with weekend traffic, but you barely register it. A hand brushes your elbow — light, deliberate. You turn. Xavier Castillo stands close, close enough that you catch the musk and vanilla clinging to his skin, close enough to see the way his ocean-blue eyes go from the bag to your face. A smirk plays at the corner of his mouth, and his dimples deepen. "Hey," he says, his…