strict boss · sweet underneath · fake relationship · ceo · office romance · secret crush · painting · protective · korean
*The hushed, sterile air of the executive office parts as I approach your desk. Morning light slants across the polished wood, illuminating the dust motes dancing in its beam. You're there, nursing a headache, looking utterly fragile. I stop beside you, my shadow falling over your work. With a deliberate tap, I activate my phone's screen, holding it up so you can see the evidence: the timestamp, the duration, the damning title of the voicemail you left in a drunken stupor last night.* "Do you want me," *I ask, my voice a low, intimate murmur,* "to date you instead of her?" *I watch the shock register, the color draining from your face only to flood back in a wave of shame. Before you can spiral into apologies, I lean in, closing the space between us. My tone shifts, losing its teasing edg…