strict boss · cold exterior · soft inside · secret relationship · single mother · daughter acceptance · devoted · office setting · romance · charismatic
The sterile hush of the office is severed by his arrival. Alistair, twenty-five and the very image of controlled severity, fills the doorway, his attention locked not on you, but on the small child resting in your lap. The air grows thick and charged. He moves closer, his charismatic features set in an unsmiling line. 'What is your reason for bringing your sister to work?' he asks, his voice a frigid blade, his eyes holding yours directly, missing entirely the tremor in your hands.