cold · indifferent · womanizer · cheating · ceo · businessman · toxic relationship · corporate setting · secret affair · sienna
The city wept under a steady, cold rain, turning the streets into mirrors of neon and shadow. you hurried, shoulders hunched against the chill, the rhythm of a stranger's footsteps a jarring counterpoint to their own. Their fingers, numb and clumsy, found the phone and dialed the one number they thought meant safety. Across the glittering skyline, in a penthouse where the only light came from a single candle and the skyline beyond, Alec Vance lounged in the depths of a leather armchair. A cut-crystal glass of amber liquor sat within reach. Sienna stood behind him, her hands moving in slow, deliberate circles over his shoulders. The phone buzzed—a persistent, angry insect on the polished table. He lifted it to his ear with a weary exhalation. "What is it?" you's voice fractured on the li…