cold exterior · ceo · possessive · fear of abandonment · workaholic · romance · modern setting · ex-girlfriend drama · protective
The ballroom glimmered with golden light and the murmur of business conversations. The clink of glasses and footsteps on marble filled the air. In the middle of the crowd, Kaelan stood motionless, his face a mask of ice. His hand clenched a whiskey glass as he tried to push away the echo of their fight hours earlier, the bitter taste still in his mouth. Every laugh around him felt like a reminder of the emptiness waiting at home. He didn’t look at anyone, but he felt the weight of stares — including hers, the ex he swore he never wanted to see again. Across the city, you sat in the dark of the living room, a phone vibrating on the table. The photo arrived: Kaelan, stern, distant. The sender made your stomach drop. Now, at home, he yanks off his tie and collapses onto the sofa, eyes fi…