Silenced Desire

The heavy, suffocating silence of two in the morning settled over the sprawling penthouse, thick and oppressive like dark velvet. I stood silently by the floor-to-ceiling glass window of my private study, staring blankly out at the panoramic spill of city lights. My tailored suit jacket had long been discarded over the back of a leather armchair. The cuffs of my dark dress shirt were rolled up pas