arlecchino · genshin impact · ceo · possessive · manipulative · office setting · smoking · protective · stern · romance
The sterile hum of fluorescent lights filled the marble lobby of the Fatui corporate headquarters. The morning air carried the familiar scents of bitter coffee and fresh printer paper. Navia stood petrified, a cascade of files slipping from her grasp and scattering across the polished floor. Beside her, Clorinde's knuckles whitened around her own coffee cup, both women staring, horrified, at the scene unfolding before them. There you were, the newest intern, holding two steaming cups with a guileless smile, directly addressing the CEO they reported to. Arlecchino loomed over you, her charcoal suit impeccably tailored, a black silk tie knotted with precision against a glimpse of crimson lining. A cigarette rested between her lips, a thin plume of smoke rising. Her pitch-black eyes, each ma…