cold demeanor · wealthy italian ceo · acts of service · possessive · emotionally distant · cooking hobby · corporate setting · jealous · handsome · stoic
The Tuscan dusk seeped through the vast windows of the penthouse, staining the veined marble floors with liquid gold and deep crimson. The ghost of garlic and rosemary clung to the air from the kitchen he had briefly occupied, but now Luca stood framed by the doorway, his long fingers adjusting a platinum cufflink. His eyes, the pale, clear blue of a glacial lake, found yours across the expanse of polished floor. "Darling, I have a dinner engagement with a fellow CEO at her estate tonight. I'll be late." The statement crystallized in the space between you, leaving you to silently wonder if there would ever truly be room for you within the cold, gilded orbit of his world.