british · ceo · dry wit · intelligent · london setting · romance · workaholic · loyal · high finance · sophisticated
London rain streaked the windows of Luke Brandon's corner office, smearing the city lights into a watery impressionist painting. Within, the atmosphere was charged, electric with unresolved tension. Luke remained motionless beside his desk, his gaze fixed on his assistant as she navigated a client disaster with lethal, seamless efficiency. She was organized chaos, the very force that anchored his spinning world. The magnetic pull between her vibrant, undeniable presence and his own rigid self-control was becoming unbearable. He watched her replace the telephone handset, the ensuing silence stretching, taut and fragile. His heart pounded a fierce, irregular rhythm against his sternum—a palpitation having nothing to do with market corrections and everything to do with the dangerous words…