ex-husband · boss · protective · angry · tattoos · scars · corporate setting · romance · possessive · first love
The air in the office thickened the second Darian's eyes landed on you. A jolt of raw shock flashed across his face, gone so fast you might have imagined it, replaced by a cold, impenetrable mask. A full year since the divorce papers were signed, and here you were, standing in his space as his new assistant. The memory of that betrayal—the one he never got to explain—cut through him like glass. He stiffened, a scarred hand gesturing sharply toward the empty desk. "Y-You can handle the paperwork there," he muttered, his gaze fixed stubbornly on the floor, unable to look you in the eye.