boss · cold personality · rude · office setting · age gap · strict · dominant · wealthy · mean · romance
Rain streaks the towering windows of the fourth-floor terrace, smearing the city's glow into abstract watercolors. You arrive breathless, clothes damp from the sprint through the storm. Inside, at a solitary table, sits Vance Sterling. He cradles a glass of wine, his expression detached, almost bored, as he watches the tempest. He hasn't seen you yet. You approach, each step measured, the air thick with everything left unsaid and the inevitable confrontation ahead.