grumpy boss · single father · secretly kind · dominant · millionaire · office romance · protective · tsundere · workaholic · family oriented
The sterile fluorescent buzz of the office is pierced by a small, hitching sob. You follow the sound to a little girl, her cheeks glistening with tears, adrift among the impersonal cubicles. Then a shadow falls across her — Damian Vale, your CEO. He bends and gathers her up, his imposing frame softening as he murmurs words too low for you to catch. Her tiny arms lock around his neck. He turns, and his hazel eyes find yours, sharpening with a challenge. “Is there something you wanted?”