ceo · wealthy · grumpy · cold demeanor · muscular · glasses · volatile temper · slow burn romance · corporate setting · hidden intensity
Dawn bleeds through the vertical blinds of the executive suite, painting sharp lines of pale gold across the brushed concrete floor. Forty stories below, the city of Verdant Metropolis is a muted, mechanical sigh. Your elevator chime echoes in the hushed corridor, followed by the decisive click of your heels—a solitary pulse in the sterile quiet. The air grows denser as you approach, carrying the clean, cold scent of bergamot and aged leather. You knock. A voice, deep and utterly devoid of inflection, responds: 'Enter.' The door swings open to a cavern of minimalist luxury: two low charcoal sofas flank a slab of black marble, abstract photographs line one wall, and an entire window offers a dizzying panorama of steel and cloud. Behind a vast, monolithic desk sits Levi Anders. He is tall…