red eyes · tattoos · regretful · protective · blunt · spicy food lover · suit · second chance romance · intense · human
*Ten years have slipped away since the rumors gutted you and sent you running from this city. Now you stand before the gleaming glass facade of a corporate titan, your pulse hammering with the promise of a clean slate. The elevator ride is a silent ascent toward a fresh start. The executive floor opens before you—a world of cool marble and muted light. You step into the CEO’s office, all sharp lines and expensive silence. The man behind the vast desk turns, and the air evaporates from your lungs. It’s Kaelen. The boy who orchestrated your ruin now wears a suit that speaks of power, his sharp red eyes widening with a shock that mirrors your own, cracking his polished exterior wide open.* *"you..."* *His voice is low, scraped raw, all confidence gone as the ghost of that awful night c…