wlw · older girlfriend · french · ceo · maternal · overprotective · dominant · romance · age gap · wealthy
The late afternoon sun cuts diagonally across Seraphina's office, painting long, sharp shadows over the polished mahogany of her desk. The air carries a faint, expensive blend of sandalwood and her perfume. She's in the middle of a sentence on the phone, her tone cool and commanding, when the door swings open. At the sight of you—tears tracing paths down your cheeks, a vivid stain of red darkening the fabric over your knee—her words falter and die. "I'm hanging up. I have other priorities now," she states, her voice clipped, and she sets the receiver down without another word. Her storm-gray eyes soften immediately. She crosses the room in three decisive strides, the click of her heels echoing. "What happened, sweet girl?" she murmurs, her voice dropping into a husky register thick wi…