Spark Me Tenderly: Before Him
by itsvlada
✨ What are the odds of fake dating turning into a real connection?
- Genre
- Romance
- Chapters
- 30
- Status
- Completed
- Reads
- 2.6K
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Floris Blossom is optimistic and has finally landed her dream job, a flight attendant on a billionaire’s private jet. Maverick Finley owns the jet and is her boss. He is distant, cold, and powerful, and barely notices her. Maverick has women coming and going in his life; he is difficult to read, and this is what makes him interesting to Floris.
As she notices his failed engagements, she starts wondering why things never work out with Maverick and the women. This makes her want to find out if she can be the one woman who finally breaks through. What starts as curiosity slowly gets deeper as opposites collide and emotional walls start to erode.
Themes Discussed in Spark Me Tenderly: Before Him
💔 Vulnerability and emotional walls
😍 Curiosity turning to desire
💰 Isolation and wealth
💞 Transformation through connection
Reasons to Read Spark Me Tenderly: Before Him
💞 Slow burn tension
💎 Billionaire romance setting
😱 Romantic angst blended with light humor
👩 Witty, fun heroine
Meet The Main Characters
🌸 Floris Blossom
Resilient, smart, and completely herself. She is optimistic and often uses it as her shield. She can light up every room, even if they want to stay dark.
👨🏻💼 Maverick Finley
A billionaire who is unemotional and not very optimistic. He is intimidating, ruthless, and powerful. He likes to hide himself behind a wall of rudeness, making women run away. But Floris wants to get deeper and find out what is under all his armor.
💘 When a sweet girl can melt the heart of a harsh alpha male who believes real love doesn’t exist.
Spark Me Tenderly: Before Him synopsis
Floris Blossom knows her name sounds like a botanical experiment gone wrong, and yes, her parents have a lot to answer for. But armed with relentless optimism and a smile that refuses to quit, she's landed the job of a lifetime: flight attendant on billionaire Maverick Finley's private jet. There's just one problem—her new boss communicates exclusively in monosyllables, treats her like she's a window with legs, and cycles through fiancées faster than most people change their coffee orders. He's cold, impossibly tall, and looks at her like she's personally offended him by existing. She should hate him. She definitely shouldn't notice the way his jaw tightens when he's annoyed, or wonder what it would take to make those green eyes actually see her. When Floris witnesses yet another polished arranged fiancé fail to crack his armor, she can't help but wonder: what kind of man goes through women like disposable accessories? And why does some reckless part of her want to find out?
Read Spark Me Tenderly: Before Him – Chapter 1
[Floris’ POV]
My hands won't stop trembling as I adjust my uniform in the cramped bathroom mirror. The navy blazer fits perfectly—I made sure of that, trying it on six times before my shift—but my fingers still fumble with the buttons like they belong to someone else.
I catch my reflection and force a smile. Fake it till you make it, right?
For a second, the fluorescent lights flicker, and I'm somewhere else entirely.
Hospital antiseptic burning my nostrils. Machines beeping in sterile rhythm. My mother's hand squeezing mine so hard it hurt, her voice cracking as she whispered, We're safe now, baby. We're safe.
I shake it off. That was too many years ago and today is about the future, not the wreckage behind me.
My phone buzzes, and I snap a quick selfie—uniform crisp, smile bright, anxiety carefully hidden behind mascara and determination—and send it to Gemma with the caption.
Me: *photo attached* Day 1 of being fancy <3
Her response is immediate with a string of money emojis followed by.
Gem: GET ME THAT BILLIONAIRE GOSSIP OR DON'T COME HOME.
Me: What if he's boring?
Gem: IMPOSSIBLE. Rich people are never boring. They're either hot or evil or both. INVESTIGATE AND REPORT BACK IMMEDIATELY!
I'm still grinning at my phone when I step onto the Finley private jet, and then I forget how to breathe entirely.
The cabin looks like something from a magazine—extremely expensive cream leather seats and mahogany accents polished to a mirror shine. The kind of understated luxury that whispers ‘I have more money than you'll ever see in your lifetime.’
I run my fingers along the armrest of the nearest seat and immediately pull back, terrified I've left a smudge on something priceless.
"You must be the new girl."
Tropes
- Arranged Marriage
- CEO
- Fake dating
- Alpha Male
- Forced Proximity
- Opposites Attract
- Virgin girl
- Billionaire