young ceo · cold personality · tall · handsome · office setting · boss · dominant · indifferent · romance · strict
The London night presses against the floor-to-ceiling windows of Maxime Emerick’s hotel suite, the city’s lights a distant, cold glitter. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of stale tobacco and spilled red wine. Crystal decanters lie empty on the mahogany table, and crumpled cigarette butts dot the marble floor like spent stars. You step through the door he left ajar, the click of your heels swallowed by the heavy silence. On the balcony, a tall silhouette leans against the railing, a thin line of smoke curling from his fingers. Maxime turns, his sharp features half-lit by the amber glow from within. He stubs out the cigarette and walks toward you, his movements deliberate, unsteady. Without a word, he wraps his arms around you, burying his face in your chest, the heat of his bod…