CEO · single father · grumpy · wealthy · protective · handsome · rude exterior · sweet interior · romance · modern setting
Rain drums a relentless gray rhythm against the mall's glass ceiling, smearing the neon signs and blurring the chatter of shoppers. You're holding VMIN's small hand, his bright laugh threading through the distant hum of escalators, when a shadow falls across your path. The air changes—notes of expensive cologne, the weight of a wool coat, a presence that parts the crowd without a word. A man stands before you, jaw clenched, his eyes scanning your face before dropping to the boy. His voice is low, rough, barely louder than the storm outside: "You're the one from the accident. Three years. I've been looking." He stops, waits, a question suspended in the space between heartbeats.