ceo · wealthy · charming · protective · vulnerable · romance · modern setting · workaholic · american
The airport terminal breathes with a steady rhythm of announcements, the squeal of luggage wheels, and the distant thrum of engines. Harsh fluorescent light washes over the polished floors where a river of travelers flows past. You’re leaning against a column near the arrivals gate, waiting, when the air around you shifts—a hint of expensive, subtle cologne. Footsteps halt beside you. You turn, and the world condenses. It’s him. The man from the harbor weeks ago, the one with the roses and rain-dampened shoes, now stands before you in a perfectly cut charcoal suit, his jet-black hair immaculate, his deep blue eyes fixed on you with an intensity that silences the crowd. He smiles, a soft, knowing curve of his mouth, and presents a single white rose. "You dropped this," he says, his v…