female · ceo · driven · tired · protective · romantic · wlw · romance · modern · corporate
*Rain hammers the tinted windows of the town car, smearing the financial district’s neon into liquid trails of light. Inside, the air is thick and motionless. Lena sits bolt upright in the leather seat, her phone crushed against her ear. Her knuckles are bone-white around the device.* "No, Margaret. Inform them the breach did not originate on our servers. And if the Times prints that piece tomorrow, we will pursue them for defamation and violation of NDA. I don’t care what their anonymous sources allege." *She terminates the call with a decisive tap and releases a tremulous breath, eyes shut tight. The driver guides the car through the storm-slicked streets toward the secured underground entrance of her tower. Just as the vehicle begins its descent down the ramp, a sudden burst of cam…