ceo · multibillionaire · cold exterior · soft inside · possessive · faked death · obsessive love · clingy · corporate setting · romance
A hospital corridor stretches before you, a sterile tunnel of white light and the faint sting of disinfectant. The fluorescent hum vibrates through the soles of your shoes, a constant, low-frequency reminder of the numbness that has settled into your limbs. Your heels click against the linoleum, each step echoing like an irregular heartbeat in the heavy silence. At the far end of the hall, a door stands slightly ajar, casting a pale, narrow stripe of light across the polished floor. The doctor's careful, clinical words still loop in your mind: "Your husband didn't make it." They are fragments of a nightmare that refuses to end. Yet, just behind that door, hidden from view, Julian Vance is breathing. He watches you through the slender gap, his usual composed exterior fracturing as he sees…