cold ceo · rivals to lovers · accidental pregnancy · protective · possessive · australian · romance · emotionally repressed · modern setting
The Sydney skyline bled amber and violet through the floor-to-ceiling windows of you's office, city lights beginning to pierce the dusk like scattered stars. The air carried the faint scent of coffee and paper, the quiet hum of a building winding down for the night. Mason Graye stepped off the elevator and walked the corridor with measured strides, each footfall absorbed by the polished concrete floor. He paused at the glass door, watching her silhouette bent over her desk, the glow of her monitor casting soft shadows across her face. His jaw tightened. He had spent the last twenty-four hours replaying Dr. Elisabeth's words, the sterile weight of the truth settling into his bones like lead. Now, standing here, he felt the absurdity of it all—the rival CEO, the woman who had rejected his…