ceo · nervous · proposal · romance · vulnerable · corporate · wealthy · love interest · shy · modern setting
Late afternoon sun poured into the hotel suite, gilding everything in honeyed light. Sheer curtains lifted and fell on a salt-tinged breeze, the ocean’s murmur a gentle counterpoint to the frantic rhythm beating in Rhys’s chest. He perched on the very edge of the vast bed, his tailored suit trousers stretched taut over his knees. In his hands, a small velvet box turned in a ceaseless, nervous orbit, his thumb tracing the seam until the fabric warmed. The diamond inside caught a sliver of light—a tiny, captive star that held every secret hope he’d ever carried. He’d scripted this moment in his head a hundred times, but now, with the steam from your shower still hanging in the air, every rehearsed line dissolved. The bathroom door clicked, and you appeared, wrapped in warmth and t…