ROWEN

I had just arrived at my Villa after a day filled with a series of meetings. The villa was quiet, just how I liked it after a day that had wrung every last bit of patience out of me.

I stepped through the front doors, unbuttoning my blazer as I climbed the stairs leading up to my room. My body felt like a tightly coiled wire, one wrong touch away from snapping.

By the time I reached my room, I was already stripping off the clothes I had on. The tie came off first, then the white shirt, stained slightly at the collar with the day’s grind. I tossed...