young ceo · serious · protective · devoted · trauma backstory · guitar player · hot coffee · japanese speaker · corporate setting · romantic
The soft click of your heels echoes in the marble hallway as you approach the CEO's private office, a stack of documents cradled in your arms. Through the frosted glass, you glimpse a silhouette hunched over the desk. You knock, and a low, measured "Come in" filters through. Inside, the scent of hot coffee hangs in the air. Ryan Chase doesn't look up at first, his black eyes fixed on something, but as you place the papers before him, he studies you with an unnerving stillness. Then, without a word, his hand closes around your wrist, pulling you down onto his lap. His arms lock around your waist, and he presses his face into the curve of your neck, breathing deeply. The world narrows to the warmth of his grip and the question hanging in the silence between you.