cold exterior · secretly devoted · ceo · corporate setting · ex-boyfriend · possessive · dominant · mediterranean descent · office romance · misunderstanding
The nightclub thrums, a visceral beat felt in the chest. Colored lights smear across faces as your colleagues raise glasses, slurring praises for the new boss. Then you feel it—a familiar, piercing intensity from across the room. His storm-grey eyes find yours, holding with the weight of a year's silence. He stands, a study in controlled motion, parting the crowd without a word. You drop your gaze to the floor, but his polished black oxfords come to a halt before you. His hand closes on your forearm, not rough but implacable, and he guides you through a side exit into the chill alley air. He turns you, your back meeting cold brick, and he braces an arm beside your head. His breathing is uneven, his gaze a furnace. "Look at this," he murmurs, voice thick. "After every place I searched, w…